Virginian Pilot – The Navy today set in motion a review of its worldwide submarine force because of two recent accidents involving Norfolk-based subs, one in which two crew members were killed and another in which a sub and tanker collided.
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US Navy – Speed of tanker sucked sub up to surface
Virginian Pilot – The submarine USS Newport News was submerged when a Japanese oil tanker passed overhead at a high speed, creating a sucking effect that made the sub rise and hit the ship, the US Navy says.
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Iraq – Bush borrows 'McMaster' plan from British
Daily Telegraph – A look at the underlying historical British influence on President Bush’s new surge strategy for Iraq.
The Times – New US general will copy British ‘softly-softly’ style.
Washington Post – Lessons for One Last Try.
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US Navy – Gunships attack suspected al Qaeda fighters in Somalia
Associated Press – The Norfolk-based aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower will join a task force off the coast of Somalia, where U.S. forces attacked suspected al-Qaida fighters today. The carrier joins the cruisers Bunker Hill, Anzio and amphibious landing ship Ashland in security operations in the Indian Ocean.
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US Navy – Norfolk-based sub and Japanese merchant ship collide
Virginian Pilot – A Norfolk-based nuclear submarine and Japanese merchant ship collided in the Arabian Sea late Monday, but there were no injuries on either vessel, the U.S. Navy and Japanese officials said.
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Iran – Can David Petraeus Rebuild a Nation?
Esquire – Lt. General David Petraeus is set to take over in Iraq. Here, is an excerpt from Thomas P.M. Barnett’s March 2006 profile of Barnett.
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Iran – Mission Iran
The Times – Israel air force squadrons are training to blow up Iran’s uranium-enrichment facility using low-yield nuclear ìbunker-bustersî, according to several Israeli military sources???Israel will not tolerate Iran going nuclear and military sources say it will use tactical strikes unless Iran abandons its programme. Is Israel bluffing or might it really push the button?
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US Navy – The Navy's war on whales
Los Angeles Times – Jean-Michel Cousteau asks the US Navy to help save the whales. An interesting example of lawfare???
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Iraq – Iraq Will Be Petraeus's Knot to Untie
Washington Post – Rick Atkinson updates us on General Petraeus, the new US Army ground commander in Iraq. He is widely seen as last, best hope for region.
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US Navy – Admiral picked to lead Middle East war efforts
Virginian Pilot – The new head of CENTCOM is an admiral.
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Geopolitics / Hedge Funds – Hands Off Hedge Funds
Foreign Affairs – The massive growth of hedge funds has sparked warnings of instability and demands that the industry be regulated. But the fear of hedge funds is overblown, based on a misunderstanding of their role in the international financial system. In reality, hedge funds do not increase risk; they manage it — and policymakers, rather than clamping down, should make sure hedge funds have the tools to perform this function well.
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Royal Navy – Fears over £3.6bn plan for new carriers
Daily Telegraph – Fears are growing among Royal Navy chiefs that the Ministry of Defence’s delay in signing a contract for two major aircraft carriers could signal the project’s demise.
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Royal Navy – Promotion freezes as cuts bite in Navy
Daily Telegraph – Promotion for Royal Navy officers is to be frozen for five years in a cost-cutting measure that has caused fury in the Fleet.
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Royal Navy – Navy to cut its fleet by half
Daily Telegraph – Royal Navy commanders were in uproar after it was revealed that almost half of the Fleet’s 44 warships are to be mothballed as part of a cost-cutting measure.
Daily Telegraph – Cuts are a severe blow to officers’ ambitions
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US Navy – US Navy patrols Somalia's coast
BBC – US naval forces have deployed off the Somali coast to prevent leaders of defeated Islamist militias escaping.
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Iraq – 50,000 more US troops can save Iraq
Daily Telegraph – John Keegan argues in favor of increasing American troop numbers in Iraq.
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Royal Navy – Half of Royal Navy's ships in mothballs as defence cuts bite
The Times – Half of the Royal Navy is to be ìmothballedî as it bears the brunt of cuts imposed after a series of expensive procurement projects and the hidden costs of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan's Navy Denies Practice Invasion
Associated Press – Japan’s navy on Saturday denied a report that Japan and the United States held a drill simulating a Chinese invasion of disputed islands during recent joint naval exercises.
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Geopolitics / Middle East – The New Middle East
Foreign Affairs – The age of U.S. dominance in the Middle East has ended and a new era in the modern history of the region has begun. It will be shaped by new actors and new forces competing for influence, and to master it, Washington will have to rely more on diplomacy than on military might.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – Officer finds new ways to fight insurgencies
Kansas City Star – By analyzing failures of the past, Lt. Col. John Nagl hopes to increase the chances of U.S. success in Iraq.
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Pakistani Navy – 22 female sailors inducted in Pak navy
The News – The first ever batch of 22 female sailors along with 1000 new entry sailors passed out and formally inducted into Pakistan Navy upon successful completion of 38 weeks’ rigorous training.
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US Navy – The Thousand-Ship Navy
Armed Forces Journal – A look at what is mean by the new term “1,000 ship navy?”
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US Navy – LCS: A solution for the Asia littoral
Armed Forces Journal – The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) was born of controversy and is likely to remain one of the most hotly debated ships in the Navy inventory.
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US Marines – Semper Fly: Marines in Space
Popular Science – As any battlefield commander will tell you, getting troops to the fight can be as difficult as winning it. And for modern-day soldiers, the sites of conflict are so far-flung, and the political considerations of even flying over another country so complicated, that rapid entry has become nearly impossible. If a group of Marine Corps visionaries have their way, however, 30 years from now, Marines could touch down anywhere on the globe in less than two hours, without needing to negotiate passage through foreign airspace. The breathtaking efficiency of such a delivery system could change forever the way the U.S. does battle.
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Chinese Navy – Maritime Geostrategy and the Development of the Chinese Navy in the Early Twenty-first Century
Naval War College Review – A Senior Captain in the Chinese Peopleís Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, writing in 2004 in Chinaís most prestigious military journal, surveys the now favorable geostrategic environment for accelerated Chinese maritime development, thereby articulating a rationale for a PLA Navy that is prepared to “defend a larger scope.”
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