The Times – A US Coast Guard cutter will depart for the Arctic this week as part of a race against Russia to claim the vast spoils of oil and natural gas below the sea floor that both nations are scrambling to exploit.
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Russian Navy – Russia's Black Sea Fleet Enters the Fray
Defense Technology International – During the recent conflict with Georgia, Russia has mobilized part of its fleet toward the East Black Sea region. There have been reports that Russia has plans to move elements of its Black Sea fleet to Ochamchira, Abkhazia, ostensibly to protect Russian civilians.
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Information Warfare – Cyberspace Barrage Preceded Russian Invasion of Georgia
New York Times – Weeks before physical bombs started falling on Georgia, a security researcher in suburban Massachusetts was watching an attack against the country in cyberspace.
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Geopolitics / Georgia – Putin Makes His Move
Washington Post – Robert Kagan succinctly places the Russian – Georgian War in proper perspective???
Daily Telegraph – Vladimir Putin sends emphatic message of global importance: Russia’s pounding of Georgia means it will use force to protect all 25 million Russians in states that belonged to the Soviet Union
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Russian Navy – Russian navy sinks Georgian boat
Reuters – The Russian Navy is partaking in combat operations against Georgia, but exact details are sketchy???
Xinhua – Russian navy blockade Georgia
RIA Novosti – Russian Navy carries out Black Sea anti-terror exercise.
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US Navy – U.S. nuclear sub leaked radiation
Associated Press – A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine leaked radiation for more than two years, releasing the bulk of the material in its home port of Guam and at Pearl Harbor.
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Canadian Navy – Canada escort in Somalia welcomed
BBC – The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed Canada’s decision to send a frigate to Somalia to protect ships carrying food aid from pirate attacks.
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Information Warfare – Playing for keeps
Armed Forces Journal – War game designer extraordinaire Mark Herman writes that computers have permeated everyday life, making even the smallest task quicker and more efficient. The problem is that the efficiencies created by computers are costing us our resilience to rebound from technological disturbances. To counter this, the U.S. military needs to lead more war-game cyber security exercises, not only across the services, but also together with the federal civilian government, critical infrastructure industry sectors and allies.
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US Navy – Navy: No Need to Add DDG 1000s After All
Defense News – Top Navy acquisition officials dramatically reversed course during a congressional hearing July 31, saying the service needed to purchase more Arleigh Burke-class DDG 51 destroyers, and no longer needs the next-generation destroyer it has been pushing for over the past 13 years.
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US Navy – Researchers tag whales, track ships in sonar study
Virginian Pilot – Debate has long raged over how the military’s use of sonar to detect enemy submarines affects dolphins and whales, which use sound to navigate, communicate and locate food. Now, researchers are moving closer to getting some solid answers.
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Iraq – The Last Battle
New York Times Magazine – Michael Gordon writes that the fight between the Shiites and the Sunnis in Iraq seems to be quieting down. But the Shiites still have one fight left — among themselves.
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US Navy – Navy relieves top officers on carrier Washington after fire
Virginian Pilot – The Navy on Wednesday relieved the two top officers of the aircraft carrier George Washington from duty, following a fire that caused about $70 million in damage.
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French Navy – F-2 Rafale Pilots Train To Land and Launch From A U.S. Carrier
Defense Technology International – The first integrated U.S. and French carrier qualifications aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier are occurring.
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Royal Navy – Iranian hostage Royal Navy captain sacked
Daily Telegraph – The Royal Navy captain in charge of the HMS Cornwall during the Iranian hostage fiasco has suffered a “shattering blow” to his career after he was relieved of command.
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Russian Navy – Russia to rejuvenate its navy
Reuters – Russia announced plans Sunday to revive its navy by building several aircraft carriers and improving its fleet of nuclear submarines.
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US Navy – With fire at sea a deadly threat, Navy stays prepared
Virginian Pilot – The US Navy continues to emphasize fire-fighting training???
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Royal Australian Navy – Torpedoed (2)
Defense Technology International – An ex-U.S. Navy destroyer was sunk for real (by an Australian sub) in the first-ever live test of the latest Mk 48 Mod 7 CBASS heavyweight torpedo variant.
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Piracy – The most dangerous seas in the world
Economist – Pirates are terrorising the high seas off Africaís east coast
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US Navy – Torpedoed
Defense Technology International – The US Navy has decided not to build more than two DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class land-attack destroyers. Official word comes Thursday???
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Israeli Navy – Israel to Get up to Four LCS Ships
Defense Technology International – The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified the nation’s Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Israel of Lockheed Martin-designed Littoral Combat Ships as well as associated equipment and services.
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US Navy – Cost and design bugs could sink new destroyer program
Virginian Pilot – The DDG 1000 was to be a class of two dozen destroyers with a radar-evading profile and a crew half the size of those on similar vessels. But purchases are on hold because of the cost ñ up to $5 billion each ñ and reliance on unproven technologies.
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Iraq – Surge Protector
New York Times – Admiral Fallon shows the way forward in Iraq.
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Chinese Navy – Striking the US where it hurts (Part 1)
Asia Times – A very interesting look (from 2006) at possible scenarios for future conflicts between China and the US???and how China would wage asymmetric warfare against the US.
Asia Times – The assassin’s mace (Part 2).
Asia Times – If it comes to a shooting war ??? .
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US Navy – P-8 Program Already Looking Into Crystal Ball
Defense News – Even before the first test version of the U.S. Navy’s P-8 Poseidon is completely built, program managers have their eye on future versions of the submarine-hunting, intelligence-gathering plane.
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Geopolitics / China – China's war on nature
Financial Times – Niall Ferguson looks at the current state of China today and the challenges it faces.
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