BBC – Navy shoots dead pirate suspects
The Royal Navy has repelled a pirate attack on a Danish cargo ship off the coast of Yemen, shooting dead two men believed to be Somali pirates.
Royal Navy – Submarine in worst nuclear leak since 80s
Daily Telegraph – Submarine in worst nuclear leak since 80s
The most serious leak of radioactive liquid for 23 years at a Royal Navy base is under investigation after gallons of contaminated water spilled into a river from a nuclear submarine.
Russian Navy – Russian sub survivors: Freon killed as crew slept
Associated Press – Russian sub survivors: Freon killed as crew slept
Dozens of crewmen were fast asleep on a nuclear submarine when freezing Freon gas poured over them from a firefighting system, survivors said Tuesday in the first eyewitness accounts of the Russian submarine accident that killed 20 people.
Russian Navy – Russians To Probe Submarine Accident
Washington Post – Russians To Probe Submarine Accident
Prosecutors opened a negligence probe Sunday into an accident aboard a new, nuclear-powered Russian submarine that killed 20 people, saying the victims appeared to have suffocated after a fire-safety system flooded two sections of the vessel with a gas that displaces oxygen.
Geopolitics / Finance – Wall Street Lays Another Egg
Vanity Fair – Wall Street Lays Another Egg
Not so long ago, the dollar stood for a sum of gold, and bankers knew the people they lent to. Historian Niall Ferguson charts the emergence of an abstract, even absurd world—call it Planet Finance—where mathematical models ignored both history and human nature, and value had no meaning.
Russian Navy – Twenty die on Russian submarine
BBC – Twenty die on Russian submarine
At least 20 people have died in an incident involving the failure of a fire extinguishing system on a Russian nuclear submarine
Geopolitics / Empire – Empire Falls
Vanity Fair – Empire Falls
Historian Niall Ferguson writes that they called it “the American Century,” but the past hundred years actually saw a shift away from Western dominance. Through the long lens of Edward Gibbon’s history, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Rome 331 and America and Europe 2006 appear to have more than a few problems in common.
US Navy – Naval Undersea Warfare Center replicated in Second Life
Mass High Tech – Naval Undersea Warfare Center replicated in Second Life
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center has created a virtual model of itself in Second Life — an online campus that is intended to be a 128-acre virtual R&D facility in a virtual Newport, R.I.
Russian Navy – Moscow Eyes Strategic Port of Benghazi as Second Med Naval Station
Defense Technology International – Moscow Eyes Strategic Port of Benghazi as Second Med Naval Station
Colonel Mummar el-Qaddafi, Libya’s longtime controversial leader, visited Moscow over the weekend and apparently offered the Port of Benghazi to Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev during their talks in the Kremlin last Saturday.
US Navy – Lockheed Martin Pushes Export LCS
Defense Technology International – Lockheed Martin Pushes Export LCS
Lockheed Martin is contemplating big changes to its Littoral Combat Ship design to appeal to export customers, as the first LCS – USS Freedom – gets ready for its commissioning in Milwaukee on November 8.
Iran – Stuart Levey’s War
New York Times Magazine – Stuart Levey’s War
How an unassuming Treasury under secretary is implementing innovative sanctions on Iran that could finally give Washington what it hasn’t had in Tehran in three decades: influence.
Chinese Navy – Rand Study Suggests U.S. Loses War With China
Defense News – Rand Study Suggests U.S. Loses War With China
A new RAND study suggests U.S. air power in the Pacific would be inadequate to thwart a Chinese attack on Taiwan in 2020. The study, entitled “Air Combat Past, Present and Future,” by John Stillion and Scott Perdue, says China’s anti-access arms and strategy could deny the U.S. the “ability to operate efficiently from nearby bases or seas.”
Iraq – What Can 44 Do In Iraq And Afghanistan?
National Journal – What Can 44 Do In Iraq And Afghanistan?
The Former CENTCOM Commander Anthony Zinni on Iraq, Afghanistan and the next Administration’s options.
French Navy – Captain Nemo, Your Ride Is Here
Defense Technology International – Captain Nemo, Your Ride Is Here
Stealth aircraft have been compared to submarines, and there are similarities between the two. Both depend on a smooth outside mould line for survival and carry their weapons internally, restricted by the ability to cut holes in the skin…
Royal Navy – Navy frigates defend world oil prices in the Gulf
Daily Telegraph – Navy frigates defend world oil prices in the Gulf
In a small corner of the Gulf, British-led forces have been protecting the oil installations key to controlling world oil prices.
US Navy – Riverine squadron prepares for new duty in Iraq
Virginian Pilot – Riverine squadron prepares for new duty in Iraq
The sailors in Riverine Squadron 1 are ready veterans – nine in 10 deployed with the unit to Iraq less than two years ago. But their return to Anbar province and patrolling the Euphrates River in a few weeks may bring less combat.
Iranian Navy – Iran 'opens naval base' near Gulf
BBC – Iran ‘opens naval base’ near Gulf
Iran has opened new naval facilities east of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow entrance to the Gulf which is key to oil supplies, state media say.
Piracy – NATO escorts shipload of supplies to Somalia
Associated Press – NATO escorts shipload of supplies to Somalia.
NATO warships safely escorted a cargo of supplies through the pirate-infested waters off Somalia on Monday for the first time .
US Navy – Raytheon Floats Sub-Launched UAV Concept
Defense Technology International – Raytheon Floats Sub-Launched UAV Concept
US Navy – Shivver Me Aerostats
Defense Technology International – Shivver Me Aerostats
The U.S. Navy is in the very first stages of exploring ways to increase its ability to monitor maritime traffic off the pirate-plagued coast of Somalia. And one idea being given a preliminary look is the use of aerostats tethered to barges.
French Navy – France 'captures Somali pirates'
BBC – France ‘captures Somali pirates’
Nine suspected Somali pirates have been captured by the French navy and handed over to regional officials in northern Somalia.
US Marines – Helicopter-plane Osprey fares well as ferry in Iraq
Associated Press – Helicopter-plane Osprey fares well as ferry in Iraq
After a troubled history, the V-22 Osprey – half-helicopter, half-plane – has been ferrying troops and equipment across Iraq for a little more than a year without a major incident.
Sri Lankan Navy – Sri Lanka navy: Rebel suicide attack foiled at sea
Associated Press – Sri Lanka navy: Rebel suicide attack foiled at sea
Sri Lanka’s navy destroyed two explosive-laden Tamil Tiger rebel boats Wednesday that attempted to crash into two cargo ships sailing to the country’s troubled north, a spokesman said.
Royal Navy – Chagos islanders lose legal fight to return home
Associated Press – Chagos islanders lose legal fight to return home
Britain’s highest court on Wednesday dashed the hopes of Chagos Islanders seeking to return to the Indian Ocean homeland they lost when the island of Diego Garcia was leased to the U.S. for an air base.
Piracy – NATO flotilla to start anti-piracy operations soon
Associated Press – NATO flotilla to start anti-piracy operations soon
A NATO flotilla sailing toward the Somali coast will begin anti-piracy operations within the next few days, but officials said Wednesday the alliance was still working out the rules of engagement for the seven ships.
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