Defense Technology International – The first of two first of two Class 209PN air-independent propulsion/diesel-electric submarines for the Portuguese navy was launched at Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), Germany’s lead submarine building yard in Kiel on July 15.
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Mexican Navy – Mexican navy finds suspected drugs in makeshift submarine
AFP – The Mexican navy has intercepted a home-made submarine with a suspected drug shipment in Pacific waters, 15 kilometers (10 miles) off the coast of Oaxaca state.
Los Angeles Times – Submarine, homemade and cocaine-laden, is seized off Mexico.
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Royal Navy – Navy called in after coastguards go on strike
Daily Telegraph – The Royal Navy will this weekend be forced to provide emergency cover for Britain’s coastline because of a two-day strike by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
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US Navy – 13,000 Japanese protest US nuclear carrier
Associated Press – Thousands of Japanese rallied against the permanent basing of a nuclear-powered U.S. warship near Tokyo, saying a recent onboard fire made it unsafe.
About 13,000 protesters gathered at a park near the port of Yokosuka, just south of the capital, where the USS George Washington aircraft carrier will be based.
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US Navy – Think small
Armed Forces Journal – Adding small combatant ships would beef up the Navyís capabilities.
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US Navy – Pacific Choke Point
Air Force – The US military now feels a need to keep a wary eye on the Strait of Malacca and its neighborhood.
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US Navy – Nassau strike group provided show of force amid Mideast tensions
Virginian Pilot – During the last five months in the Middle East, tensions grew in Syria, unrest delayed Lebanonís president election more than 15 times, and Iraq struggled to keep oil pumping to its main offshore terminals. The USS Nassau Expeditionary Strike Group has had front row seats for all of the action.
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Transformation – What Rumsfeld Got Right
The Atlantic – Robert Kaplan on how Donald Rumsfeld remade the U.S. military for a more uncertain world.
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Argentinian Navy – Argentina's military threat raises fears over Falklands
Daily Telegraph – Argentina raised the prospect of posting military forces in the Antarctic region yesterday, with the announcement of plans to use troops to defend its interests.
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US Navy – Carrier with Oceana-based squadron shifted to Afghanistan
Associated Press – The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln was moved out of the Persian Gulf and to the Gulf of Oman, shortening the time that the carrier’s strike planes must fly to support combat in Afghanistan.The decision reflects both the worsened state of the fight in Afghanistan but improvements in Iraq as well.
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Iran – Preparing the Battlefield
New Yorker – Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military, intelligence, and congressional sourcesÖ
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Iran – Push for New Direction Leads to Sudden Dead End for a 40-Year Naval Career
New York Times – Admiral Fallon’s first interview since his early retirement.
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French Navy – Roaming with the Roosevelt
Defense Technology International – France is deploying the nuclear attack submarine SNA LíAmethyste on a two month deployment to the U.S. east coast and Caribbean. It will operate there as part of the USS Roosevelt aircraft carrier battle group.
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Operations Other Than War – Navy ñ and family ñ to the rescue
San Diego Union Tribune – The U.S.S. Ronald Reagan carrier strike group participated in a humanitarian operation after Typhoon Fengshen hit the Philippines.
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Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Historic Visit by Japanese Destroyer to China
Defense Technology International – In a historic event considering the bitter conflict in the the previous century between the two nations, the first Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force warship to visit China since World War 2 arrived in the port of Zhangjiang on June 24, 2008.
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Geopolitics – The Future of American Power: How America Can Survive the Rise of the Rest
Foreign Affairs – Fareed Zakaria writes that despite some eerie parallels between the position of the United States today and that of the British Empire a century ago, there are key differences. Britain’s decline was driven by bad economics. The United States, in contrast, has the strength and dynamism to continue shaping the world — but only if it can overcome its political dysfunction and reorient U.S. policy for a world defined by the rise of other powers.
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Royal Navy – £3.2bn giant carrier deals signed
BBC -The Ministry of Defence has signed contracts worth £3.2bn to build the UK’s biggest ever aircraft carriers.
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US Marines – Pentagon extends tour of Marines in Afghanistan
Associated Press – The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is doing combat operations in the volatile south, will stay an extra 30 days and come home in early November rather than October
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Royal Navy – Prince William's ship makes major cocaine bust
Associated Press – The British Royal Navy ship on which Prince William is serving made a major cocaine bust in the north Atlantic.
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US Navy – Carriers Too Slow to Embrace UAVs, Think Tank Says
Defense Technology International – A recent report (PDF) by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, titled, ìRange, Persistence, Stealth, and Networking: The Case for a Carrier-Based Unmanned Combat Air Systemî by Thomas P. Ehrhard, PhD and Robert O. Work takes the U.S. Navy to task for not pushing harder to develop and field unmanned air combat systems for its aircraft carriers.
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US Marines – New training hones Marines' visual skills
USA Today – Faced with an alarming increase in sniper attacks in Iraq, Marine commanders in late 2006 began looking for ways to turn the tables on an elusive enemy. The result is the combat hunter program, an experiment in training Marines to fight insurgents by making the Marines as wily as the enemy they face. The training combines outdoor skills culled from hunting and tracking with the street smarts developed by police and Marines who grew up in cities.
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US Navy – USS Cole attack 'plotter' charged
BBC – US military prosecutors have filed charges against the alleged mastermind of the 2000 attack on the USS Cole warship that left 17 sailors dead.
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Iraq – Army study: Iraq occupation was understaffed
Associated Press – A nearly 700-page study released Sunday by the Army found that “in the euphoria of early 2003,” U.S.-based commanders prematurely believed their goals in Iraq had been reached and did not send enough troops to handle the occupation.
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Editorial Note – NOSI on break until July 1
NOSI is taking a summer break and will next update on July 1.
During this time, please consider visiting our related site and downloading the War Studies Primer for an introductory course on the study of war.
Look at slides 2 and 3 in the War Studies Primer for its Table of Contents, and then choose a lecture to read and enjoy.
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Military Space – The Sky Is Falling
The Atlantic – An interesting article that puts the material discussed here in a different perspective by describing a poorly understood but serious threat to mankind.
The odds that a potentially devastating space rock will hit Earth this century may be as high as one in 10.
So why isnít NASA trying harder to prevent catastrophe?
And why is the US Air Force interested in working this problem?
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