Virginian Pilot – Lawmakers seek openness after Navy closes reports
Amid reports that Navy inspectors found six ships unfit for their missions last year, some members of Congress are pressing the service to reconsider a decision to shroud its most detailed inspection reports.
Washington Post – Pakistan’s Critical Hour
Ahmed Rashid on the current state of affairs in Pakistan.
Associated Press – SKorean warship rescues NKorean vessel off Somalia
South Korean snipers hovering in a helicopter Monday chased away pirates pursuing a North Korean freighter, a rare instance of recent cooperation between the two Koreas.
Defense and the National Interest – Blinders
William Lind describes the importance of open source intelligence asks why is the Pentagon censoring the US military’s access to it?
Defense Tech – Chinese Navy Requires Supercruising Fighter
A supercruising combat aircraft is a high priority of the Chinese navy, the country’s top admiral says in a revealing official interview that gives strong clues of perceived shortcomings and future directions for the maritime force.
Daily Telegraph – We must take on board the lessons of Iraq
As British troops head home from Iraq, John Keegan says military force should be used only as a last resort.
Foreign Affairs – The Great Game Moves North
As the Arctic melts, countries vie for control.
Esquire – Inside the War Against Robert Gates
Thomas P.M. Barnett writes that if the Iraqi and Afghan insurgents — and, now, the Somali pirates — have taught us anything, it’s that the era of the “big war” is behind us. No one gets that more than our Secretary of Defense, argues a top global-security expert, and that’s why his Pentagon overhaul will beat the backlash.
BBC – China has high naval ambitions
The military parade to mark the 60th anniversary of China’s navy is not just a chance for the Chinese to celebrate. It is also a reminder that China is now an important naval power – and will become more important in the future.
The Space Review – Above the clouds: the White Cloud ocean surveillance satellites
In the 1970s the NRO and the Navy developed a new series of spacecraft designed to monitor naval vessels on the high seas. Dwayne Day describes the history of this effort, which until recently had been shrouded in secrecy.
Defense Technology International – Carrier Baggage
Russian continues to demonstrate interest in building a new aircraft carrier.
Daily Telegraph – Russians seize 29 suspected Somali pirates
A Russian warship has seized 29 suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia.
New York Times – U.S. Steps Up Effort on Digital Defenses
Computers, indispensable in peace, are becoming ever more important in political conflicts and open warfare. This is the first article in a series on the growing use of computing power as a weapon.
Armed Forces Journal – Missing the boat
Failure to join the Law of the Sea Convention harms U.S. interests.
New York Times Magazine – Drug-Sub Culture
A look at the latest way to get drugs out of Columbia by submarine.
Foreign Affairs – Center Stage for the Twenty-first Century: Power Plays in the Indian Ocean
Robert D. Kaplan writes that already the world’s preeminent energy and trade interstate seaway, the Indian Ocean will matter even more as India and China enter into a dynamic great-power rivalry in these waters.
Defense Tech – Navy Surface Force in Big Trouble
Normal Polmar writes that the Obama administration, looking for potential budget cuts, may take aim at the trouble-plagued Navy surface ship programs.
The Atlantic – India’s New Face
Robert D. Kaplan introduces us to Narendra Modi, chief minister of Gujarat and the brightest star in the Hindu-chauvinist Bharatiya Janata Party. Under Modi, Gujarat has become an economic dynamo. But he also presided over India’s worst communal riots in decades, a 2002 slaughter that left almost 2,000 Muslims dead. Exploiting the insecurities and tensions stoked by India’s opening to the world, Modi has turned his state into a stronghold of Hindu extremism, shredding Gandhi’s vision of secular coexistence in the process. One day, he could be governing the world’s largest democracy.
Armed Forces Journal – Fighting piracy
International coordination is key to countering modern-day freebooters.
Patrol craft’s sailors can do it all – and they must
Life aboard the patrol craft USS Delta…
Washington Post – Why We Should Get Rid of West Point
Tom Ricks says it is time to close the service academies and spend the funds instead on ROTC programs at colleges.
Wall Street Journal – China, Friend or Foe?
The Pentagon views the rapidly expanding Chinese military as the U.S.’s top potential rival. What is the reality of the “China threat?”
Wall Street Journal – U.S. Weighs Changes in Strategy to Fight Pirates
Senior Pentagon planners are debating a shift in military strategy to crack down on piracy off the coast of Somalia in the Gulf of Aden.
Aviation Week and Space Technology – Predator C Avenger Makes First Flights
A new, reduced-signature, unmanned aircraft—the long-rumored, 20-hr.-endurance, pure-jet Predator C Avenger—has emerged from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ workshops after a 3½-year gestation period paced by massive growth in UAV production and the use of unmanned designs in combat. The UAV’s undeniably stealthed-up exterior offers several clues about how the aircraft could be employed.
Xinhua – Navy admiral: China to develop sophisticated marine weapon systems
Large surface combat ships, supersonic cruise aircraft, high-speed intelligent torpedoes … These are a few sophisticated marine weapons China plans to build.
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