The Hindu – A Presidential Fleet Review occurs in India, the Indian President states his views of the future of the Indian Navy.
Indian Express – Kalam endorses Navyís new Eastward incline
The Peninsula – Kalam calls for powerful subs
The Tribune – Kalam outlines Navyís future role
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Scotsman – A team of elite Royal Marines Commandos is preparing to leaving for Afghanistan. In total, 150 men from 42 Commando are to head for their mission in the Helmand province.
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Naval War College Review – As the U.S. Navy transforms itself for new missions in a new strategic environment, five issuesócivilian mariners and sea basing, unmanned aerial and underwater systems, hospital ships, the Law of the Sea Convention and the future of naval warfare, and conflict resolution in the exclusive economic zoneóemerge as having particular importance not only for the serviceís planners but for their legal advisers as well.
Wired – Amateur satellite spotters can track everything government spymasters blast into orbit. Except the stealth bird codenamed Misty.
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BBC – US Navy ships are patrolling the Yemeni coast to try to recapture 23 convicts who broke out of jail on Friday, in case they try to flee by sea.
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Washington Post – Thomas Ricks looks at how the US Air Force is delivering close air support in Iraq.
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Associated Press – The Navy submitted a plan today for reversing the decline in the size of the U.S. fleet, expanding from 281 ships this year to 313 within several years, though the number of aircraft carriers would drop by one, to 11.
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Virginian Pilot – Enlisted sailors who worked on the Navyís aircraft for years, cleaned their windshields, even changed their engines but could never fly them unless they joined the officer corps can now apply to wear wings of gold.
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Daily Times – The Indian Navy has decided not to lease two US Navy P-3C Orion maritime reconnaissance aircraft (MRA) because they are too expensive.
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Associated Press – This the latest in a series of stories written by a Marine captain in Iraq. It is aimed at offering one voice from someone on the ground in Iraq.
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Virginian Pilot – A look at how the QDR affects the US Navy.
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Foreign Policy – Humans like to think that they are unique, but the study of other primates has called into question the exceptionalism of our species. So what does primatology have to say about war and peace? Contrary to what was believed just a few decades ago, humans are not “killer apes” destined for violent conflict, but can make their own history.
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Virginian Pilot – Though construction of the Navyís next-generation aircraft carrier wonít start for two years, workers at Northrop Grumman Newport News are already building it in a lab ñ virtually.
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Armed Forces Journal – William Arkin asks with the loss of its greatest champion, whatís to become of transformation?
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Associated Press – Russia’s navy chief said Wednesday that the country needs to build at least one new aircraft carrier in addition to the one now in service.
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New York Times – Another sneek peek at the results of the Quadrennial Defense Review.
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Daily Telegraph – Niall Ferguson comments on current events in Russa.
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Washington Post – William Arkin on how last August, the USS Virginia, first of a class of new nuclear-powered attack submarines, slipped out of its homeport in Groton, Connecticut, for a 90 day clandestine deployment in support of the global war on terrorism???to South America to spy on cell-phone conversations.
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BBC – More on the launch of HMS Daring.
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Daily Telegraph – John Keegan on why the UK must stay the course in Iraq.
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Defense and the National Interest – William Lind address critiques of Fourth Generation Warfare – Part 3.
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Defense and the National Interest – William Lind addresses the critiques of Fourth Generation Warfare – Part 2.
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Daily Telegraph – This week’s launch of HMS Daring marks a new era in British warship construction. Will it last?
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Associated Press – AP Correspondent Antonio Castaneda is embedded with U.S. Marines in Ramadi, one of the most violent cities in Iraq. This is the first of his periodic blog on his experiences there.
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Virginian Pilot – The guided missile destroyer Forrest Sherman, the latest of the Arleigh Burke class, is to be commissioned into service today during ceremonies at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida.
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