– Guardian – President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia is looking to restore its naval power but will not say where the bases may be.
US Navy – U.S. aircraft carrier's arrival off Korean peninsula also sends a message to China
– Washington Post – In dispatching the aircraft carrier USS George Washington to the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday, the Obama administration said it was putting on a show of U.S. support for South Korea…But the carrier has another audience: China. Exasperated with a lack of help from Beijing on the Korean Peninsula, the Obama administration is trying to pressure China to constrain North Korea.
Piracy – Five Somalis found guilty of piracy charges in Norfolk
– Virginian Pilot – For the first time in nearly 200 years, a jury in a U.S. court returns a guilty verdict in a piracy case, convicting five Somali nationals of piracy in the April 1 attack on the Norfolk-based frigate Nicholas.
US Navy – U.S. Sends Carrier to Korea Region
– Wall Street Journal – South Korea on Wednesday took its first steps to penalize North Korea for its artillery attack on a South Korean island, announcing a naval drill with the U.S.S. George Washington carrier group, cutting off humanitarian assistance and halting traffic into the North.
Royal Navy – Final Goodbyes
– Defense Technology International – The Harrier GR.9s will depart a British aircraft carrier for the last time on Wednesday.
Geopolitics / China – In China's Orbit
– Wall Street Journal – After 500 years of Western predominance, Niall Ferguson argues, the world is tilting back to the East.
South Korean Navy – South Korea’s Blue-water Ambitions
– The Diplomat – In the second article on Asia’s navies, a look at the South Korean Navy’s blue-water naval ambitions.
Geopolitics / Indian Ocean – Next geopolitical power play will be all at sea
– The Australian – Robert D. Kaplan says that the Indian Ocean is set to be the central theatre of conflict and rivalry for the US, China and India.
Dutch Navy – Somali Pirates Get Amsterdamned
– Defense Technology International – Somali pirates have been taught another lesson by the Royal Netherlands Navy’s Fast Combat Support Ship Amsterdam. Yesterday, the Amsterdam intercepted a group of pirates off the Somali coast, and not for the first time.
Indian Navy – America's Evolving Passage to India
– Strategy Page – President Barack Obama’s looming post-election state visit to India is another indication of evolution and maturation — the incremental but genuine change measured in decades that marks the coalescing of U.S. and Indian global interests.
US Navy – US navy Hong Kong visit hints at warmer China ties
– BBC – A US navy ship, the USS Essex, is on a high profile visit to Hong Kong in a sign that military tensions between China and the US could be relaxing.
Royal Navy – British warship sails into Havana Bay on official visit
– Royal Navy – British warship sails into Havana Bay on official visit – The first British warship to visit Cuba since before the 1959 revolution sailed into Havana Bay on Monday, where it was greeted by a Cuban Navy band playing “God Save the Queen.”
US Navy – Where are the Carriers?
– Forbes – “When word of a crisis breaks out in Washington, it’s no accident that the first question that comes to everyone’s lips is: ‘Where’s the nearest carrier?'” – President Bill Clinton
Kenyan Navy – Kenya Navy kills three suspected Somali pirates
– Reuters – Kenyan navy officers on patrol in the India Ocean shot dead three suspected Somali pirates who boarded their vessel after mistaking it for a merchant ship.
US Marines – Marines learn lessons from tragedy in Afghanistan
– Associated Press – The Marines patrolling through the green fields and tall mud compounds of Helmand province’s Sangin district say they are literally in a race for their lives. They are trying to adjust their tactics to outwit Taliban fighters, who have killed more coalition troops here than in any other Afghan district this year.
US Navy – The Navy's Submarine Problem
– Defense Technology International – The Navy doesn’t seem to have figured out a way to align its stated need for 48 submarines with its build schedule for new Virginia class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs), or its yearly shipbuilding budget.
Royal Navy – Scrapping flagship carrier 'makes no sense'
– Daily Telegraph – Scrapping Britain’s flagship aircraft carrier made no financial sense and leaves the Falkland Islands vulnerable to a new attack, former senior Navy commanders have claimed.
US Navy – Another tugboat helps tow crippled cruise ship; passengers welcome aid
– CNN – A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier resupplied the cruise ship Tuesday evening. Sailors stood on the deck of the USS Ronald Reagan in 50-yard lines, handing off boxes of water, frozen bread, sandwich meats, granola bars, paper plates and more for the Splendor.
Piracy – Federal courts in Norfolk wrestle over definition of piracy
– Virginian Pilot – For the first time since the 19th century, piracy suspects will go on trial in a federal court in a case that legal experts see as precedent-setting.
Ukranian Navy – Ukrainian warship joins NATO anti-terror operation in Mediterranean
– RIA Novosti – The corvette Ternopol of the Ukrainian Navy has sailed off from the Black Sea port of Sevastopol to join the NATO’s Active Endeavour mission in the Mediterranean
US Navy – US forces get nod to share our bases
– The Australian – Australia has agreed to a major escalation of military co-operation with the US.
Information Warfare – The Online Threat
– New Yorker – Should we be worried about a cyber war?
Operations Other Than War – Marines stand by off coast of storm-battered Haiti
– Associated Press – U.S. Marines were aboard the USS Iwo Jima in the Carribean Friday preparing to help take relief supplies to Haiti, as Hurricane Tomas battered the small, impoverished country.
US Marines – The Next JSF Debate
– Defense Technology International – Bill Sweetman asks if the F-35B – and, by extension, Marine tactical aviation – at risk?
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan Boosts Its Submarine Fleet
– Defense Technology International – Japan’s decision to increase the size of its submarine force to 24 from 18 is a major response to the rise of Chinese military power and presumably not the last.
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