Barents Observer – Norwegian submarines need base in Northern Norway
Norwegian submarines are instructed to sail more outside Northern Norway, but lack important support facilities on land, one year after Norway abandoned its Arctic base of Olavsvern.
Virginian Pilot – Carrier Eisenhower detours to assist Coast Guard with rescue
The aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower left Norfolk early Saturday morning for a six-month deployment, but shortly after sunset, the Eisenhower was sent to assist with a Coast Guard rescue off the coast of Cape Hatteras.
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Sea Power – 2010 Almanac Highlights – Status of the Navy
The state of the US Navy as of January 1, 2010.
StrategyPage – Violence Continues To Decline
StrategyPage’s yearly review of the current status of conflict in the world today.
Associated Press – After 2-plus decades, Navy destroyer breaks record
Arleigh Burke-class destroyers such as the USS Ross and USS Cole, which survived a terrorist suicide bombing in Yemen, have proven to be durable workhorses in the U.S. Navy.
Financial Times – The decade the world tilted east
Niall Ferguson sums up the last decade for us…
Virginian Pilot – Despite naval forces, Pirate attacks off Somalia nearly double
Pirate attacks nearly doubled in 2009 over a year earlier, despite the deployment in December 2008 of the European Union Naval Force – the first international force specifically to counter Somali pirates.
On War – Finis
Bill Lind’s last column on Fourth Generation Warfare (for now…)
Reuters – Chinese admiral floats idea of overseas naval bases
A Chinese rear admiral has urged the nation to set up navy supply bases overseas in an interview posted on the Ministry of Defense website after China paid ransom to free a ship held for nine weeks by Somali pirates.
New Yorker – How David Beats Goliath
An interesting article by Malcolm Gladwell on how underdogs can triumph militarily.
Defense Technology International – Spanish Sub Fleet Back to Two, up from One
Spain’s submarine fleet is beginning to regain operational capacity a year after the serious accident aboard the Tramontana in which water began infiltrating the hull while it was 300m deep and 15 nautical miles off the coast of Cartagena. The crew were able to get the submarine back to port. The incident led to the temporary withdrawal of the four submarines of the Agosta-class in order to review them.
US Naval War College Review – US Naval Options For Influencing Iran
This article is intended to explore the range of options the U.S.Navy can provide to policymakers in developing a strategic approach to Iran.
US Naval Institute Proceedings – It Takes A Carrier: Naval Aviation and the Hybrid Fight
Carriers still provide capability unmatched by any other weapon system in the U.S. arsenal.
Foreign Policy – The Strait Dope
Why Iran can’t cut off your oil.
US Naval War College Review – The New Security Drama in East Asia: The Responses of US Allies and Security Partners to China’s Rise
In the theater of East Asia, a geopolitical drama is unfolding. The growing presence of China in regional economic and security affairs—generically referred to as the “rise of China”—is changing interstate relations. While the major powers in East Asia are the protagonists, there are no bit players in this drama. Think King Lear, not Macbeth. China’s rise is affecting the perceptions, interests, and policies of all nations throughout East Asia. For the United States, the responses of its allies and security partners are uniquely consequential. These countries are the foundation of American presence in the region as well as the edifice of a regional security architecture that has produced decades of relative stability and prosperity.
Armed Forces Journal – Off course
The dark side of tracking all shipping: Pirates can do it too.
US Naval Institute Proceedings – Simulation: The (Almost) Real Thing
Military simulation facilities have come a long way from even a few years ago. Many now are sophisticated enough to mimic real-life operations. Some are absolutely eye-popping. And they’ve become standard fixtures in the military.
The Atlantic – Why I Love Al Jazeera
Robert D. Kaplan writes that the Arab TV channel is visually stunning, exudes hustle, and covers the globe like no one else. Just beware of its insidious despotism.
Radio Netherlands – Bleak Christmas for Dutch naval crew
The crew of a Dutch Royal Navy frigate off the Somali coast is facing the prospect of a bleak Christmas this year. Instead of going home to enjoy the festive season with their families, they are stuck with 13 Somali prisoners on board with no country willing to take them.
(Thanks to Justin for the link!)
US Naval War College Review – Using the Land to Control the Sea? Chinese Analysts Consider the Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile
For China, the ability to prevent a U.S. carrier strike group from intervening in the event of a Taiwan Strait crisis is critical. Beijing’s immediate strategic concerns have been defi ned with a high level of clarity. The Chinese are interested in achieving an antiship ballistic missile (ASBM) capability because it offers them the prospect of limiting the ability of other nations, particularly the United States, to exert military infl uence on China’s maritime periphery, which contains several disputed zones of core strategic importance to Beijing. ASBMs are regarded as a means by which technologically limited developing countries can overcome by asymmetric means their qualitative inferiority in conventional combat platforms, because the gap between offense and defense is the greatest
here. Today, China may be closer than ever to attaining this capability.
US Naval War College Review – China’s Antiship Ballistic Missile: Developments and Missing Links
China’s pursuit of an antiship ballistic missile (ASBM) has been called a potential “game changer,” a weapon that could single-handedly shift the strategic balance with the United States. A retired U.S. Navy rear admiral asserted as early as 2005 that an ASBM capability could represent “the strategic equivalent of China’s acquiring nuclear weapons in 1964.” Whether or not this is accurate, an effective ASBM capability would undoubtedly constitute a formidable antiaccess weapon against the U.S. Navy in the western Pacifi c, particularly during a conflict over Taiwan. However, as the Chinese literature demonstrates, it would mean more than that. Fully operational ASBM capability along with essential C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance,
and reconnaissance) support would be a barometer of China’s greater military modernization effort, a potential instrument for regional strategic ambitions, and perhaps an important element in tipping the long-term maritime
strategic balance with respect to the United States.
Information Dissemination – EU Looking The Wrong Direction
A look at just how much the EU piracy patrol is costing off of Somalia – the cost is staggering…
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