Indian Express – By the time Russian-built aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov arrives in 2008, the Navy will have a contingent of 32 pilots, trained in specialised deck-based fighter operations at the US Navy training command in Pensacola, Florida.
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Sri Lankan Navy – Sri Lankan Navy and Rebels Clash, Threatening Cease-Fire
New York Times – Tamil separatists attacked two Sri Lankan Navy ships early Thursday morning, abducting three sailors, the military said, and pushing the battered island nation closer to resuming its two-decade civil war.
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History – China Marines: The Lost Leathernecks
World War II – In the twilight of peace, the China Marines found themselves on the front lines of conflict.
Operations Other Than War – Chinook Diplomacy
Wall Street Journal – The U.S. military wins hearts and minds in Pakistan.
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US Navy – Navy to get back loaned patrol ships
Virginian Pilot – Just like their names ñ Whirlwind, Squall, Hurricane and Thunderbolt ñ the Navyís fleet of patrol coastal ships has had a storm-tossed history. After operating the 13 sleek, compact craft for the first six years of their lives, the Navy decided in 1998 the gas guzzlers were too expensive to maintain and began getting rid of them. The service volunteered to give five to the Coast Guard and sell others to allied navies???Now the Navy is taking them all back.
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US Navy – Navy's Last 2 Battleships to Be Decommissioned
Knight Ridder – The last two U.S. battleships, the USS Iowa and the USS Wisconsin, have been decommissioned and reactivated several times in their 60-year history. Now they are facing their final deactivation and could be turned into museums.
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Royal Navy – Carrier order 'behind schedule'
BBC – A £31bn project to replace Royal Navy aircraft carriers and fighter planes may be falling “behind schedule”, an influential group of MPs has warned.
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Intelligence – Governments Tremble at Google's Bird's-Eye View
New York Times – When Google introduced Google Earth, free software that marries satellite and aerial images with mapping capabilities, the company emphasized its usefulness as a teaching and navigation tool, while advertising the pure entertainment value of high-resolution flyover images of the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben and the pyramids.
But since its debut last summer, Google Earth has received attention of an unexpected sort. Officials of several nations have expressed alarm over its detailed display of government buildings, military installations and other important sites within their borders.
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Norwegian Navy – US Navy to test Norwegian stealth vessels
Norway Post – The US elite force Navy Seals has shown considerable interest in the Norwegian high speed patrol boats of the “Skjold” class, built with stealth technology. This makes the vessels difficult to detect by radar.
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Iraq – Iraqis in former rebel stronghold now cheer American soldiers
Daily Telegraph – Evidence that the “ink spot” strategy can work in Iraq. A report from Tal Afar, where Colonel H.R. McMaster and the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment are showing how its done???
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Royal Navy – Chile, U.K. Complete Type 23 Frigate Purchase, Refit Deal
Sea Power – Naval news from Chile, Australia, India, United Arab Emirates, and Pakistan
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US Navy – Kennedy carrier appears safe until fall
Virginian Pilot – The aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy apparently will remain in service until at least next fall as Congress continues a full year of debate over the shipís future and the size of the nationís carrier fleet.
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US Navy – With the 5th Fleet: Mission is key, but reservists long for home
Virginian Pilot – Some Navy reservists are finding a desert deployment harder than they imagined.
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Iraq – Iraq: Learning the Lessons of Vietnam
Foreign Affairs – During Richard Nixon’s first term, when Melvin Laird served as secretary of defense, we withdrew most U.S. forces from Vietnam while building up the South’s ability to defend itself. The result was a success — until Congress snatched defeat from the jaws of victory by cutting off funding for our ally in 1975. Washington should follow a similar strategy now, but this time finish the job properly.
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US Navy – Aging Tomcat Jet Makes Last Runs Over Iraq
Associated Press – The Navy’s F-14 Tomcat, a Cold War-era fighter jet emblazoned in the public’s imagination as Tom Cruise’s sleek ride in the movie “Top Gun,” is beginning its final weeks of combat sorties over Iraq before being retired from the U.S. arsenal.
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History – Death of Convoy PQ-17
World War II – As their escorts turned away, the ships of the doomed Allied convoy followed orders and began to disperse in the Arctic waters.
Ground Warfare – American military tactics – How to Do Better
Economist – After brutal blunders in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American army has become more intelligentóand hopes to be more effective.
Any article that quotes General David Petraeus, Colonel H.R. McMaster, and Major John Nagl – three of the Army’s intellectuals – must be interesting???
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US Navy – Amphib ship San Antonio makes landfall in Norfolk
Virginian Pilot – Through most of his eight overseas deployments during 30 years in the Corps, no one was much interested in what Michael R. Regner, or any other Marine, wanted in the way of creature comforts aboard their amphibious ships???However, the Navy asked for their opinions before building its newest amphib, the San Antonio.
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Chinese Navy – China's navy flexing 'soft power'
Taipei Times – Chinese leaders are acutely conscious of the sea’s importance to their country’s economic development and, indirectly, to their political survival. They have come to view defending the sea lanes where merchant ships haul the oil, gas and other raw materials needed to fuel the economy as a vital national interest. China is less and less content to entrust its interests at sea to the uncertain goodwill of the US, its rival for regional pre-eminence and Asia’s long-time guardian of maritime security.
Accordingly, China has embarked on an assertive foreign policy in Southeast and South Asia, which adjoin the sea lines of communication connecting Chinese seaports with the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. Its strategy: to build up sea power, measured in ships, bases and alliances.
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Iraq – A Unit's Fitful Year at War
Washington Post – An interesting, longitudinal look at the 7th Cavalry’s recent 1 year tour of duty in Iraq.
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US Navy – With the 5th Fleet: Stuck in the sand, sailors create a spot all their own
Virginian Pilot – As the Navy assumes a greater role in the Iraq war ñ mostly in support positions to ease an overburdened Army ñ sailors are thrown in the middle of the Kuwaiti and Iraqi deserts.
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Russian Navy – PF naval squadron to return to Vladivostok Tue after cruise
ITAR-TASS – A naval squadron of Russia’s Pacific Fleet (PF) returns to Vladivostok on Tuesday after an almost-three-month-long cruise to the Indian Ocean.
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US Marines – A Marine confronts nightmares of Iraq ñ but are they real?
Associated Press – A look at how post traumatic stress disorder has made one ex-Marine extremely controversial.
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Iraq – Costly Withdrawal Is the Price To Be Paid for a Foolish War
Defense and the National Interest – Military historian Martin van Creveld gives his opinion on what the US should do in Iraq.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – Operational IEDs
Defense and the National Interest – A look at the role that Improvised Explosive Devices are playing in the defining the operational aspect of Fourth Generation Warfare.
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