New York Times – The United States Navy reached a modest but noteworthy milestone last week when it conducted an exercise with a Chinese ship off the coast of southern California
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US Coast Guard – Icebreakers needed for Arctic, U.S. House told
CBC – The US Congress is told the US needs to build new icebreakers to patrol the Northwest Passage.
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Iraq – Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Author of "Imperial Life in the Emerald City"
Q and A – An interesting interview with Rajiv Chandrasekaran who was the Baghdad bureau chief for the Washington Post. His new book “Imperial Life in the Emerald City” describes what life is like inside the “green zone” in Iraq and reveals in part why the American occupation of Iraq was such a disaster.
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Sri Lankan Navy – Sri Lanka says sinks 11 rebel boats in naval clash
Reuters – Sri Lanka’s navy sank 11 Tamil Tiger vessels and killed dozens of rebels in a fierce five-hour battle overnight, the military said on Monday, a fortnight after the foes agreed to resume peace talks to halt renewed civil war.
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Editorial Note – NOSI taking a short break
NOSI will next be updated on Monday September 25th. See you then.
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US Marines – Fñ35 Maintenance
Marine Corps Gazette – Repair and maintenance simulation replaces the wrench as a teaching tool.
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Iran – Iran could cut West's oil supplies in event of war, warns American chief in Gulf
Daily Telegraph – General John Abizaid, the chief of the US Central Command, gives a sobering assessment of Iran’s military potential.
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US Marines – High Fidelity
Marine Corps Gazette – Harnessing simulation for mission systems integration.
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Iran – What Would War Look Like?
Time – An excellent overview of a possible war plan for Iran. A flurry of military maneuvers in the Middle East increases speculation that conflict with Iran is no longer quite so unthinkable. Here’s how the U.S. would fight such a war–and the huge price it would have to pay to win it. (You will have to watch a short ad to view the article for free???)
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Chinese Navy – Chinese fleet visits San Diego
Xinhua – The Chinese Navy makes a port call at San Diego.
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US Marines – Urban Warfare Training Instrumentation
Marine Corps Gazette – New technology and facilities for urban warfare training.
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Editorial Note – NOSI taking a short break
NOSI will be taking a short break and will next update on Tuesday September 19. See you then???
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Royal Navy – Churches unite to 'end Trident'
BBC – Scotland’s religious leaders are joining campaigners on a march for peace from Faslane naval base to the Scottish Parliament.
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Iraq – General Affirms Anbar Analysis
Washington Post – The U.S. commander in western Iraq said he agrees with the findings of a pessimistic classified report recently filed by his top intelligence officer but also insisted that “tremendous progress” is being made in that part of the country.
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Air Warfare – The JDAM Revolution
Air Force – The low-cost, highly accurate Joint Direct Attack Munition has revolutionized bombing in just a few short years.
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Pakistani Navy – Two P-3C surveillance aircraft reactived for Pakistan to fight terrorism
Xinhua – Two old P-3C Orion surveillance aircraft, after being grounded for five years, have been reactivated for Pakistan’s terror war as a roll out ceremony was held Tuesday in southern Pakistan’s naval air base.
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Chinese Navy – China and U.S. hold naval exercises off Hawaii
Reuters – The Chinese and US navies are exercising off of Hawaii.
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US Marines – Preventing Atrocities
Marine Corps Gazette – In today’s environment of instantaneous communications, can a relatively minor atrocity bring down an entire military chain of command or even a government? (PDF format)
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Iraq – Situation Called Dire in West Iraq
Washington Post – Thomas Ricks reports that the chief of intelligence for the Marine Corps in Iraq recently filed an unusual secret report concluding that the prospects for securing that country’s western Anbar province are dim and that there is almost nothing the U.S. military can do to improve the political and social situation there.
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Terrorism – Losing the War on Terror
Washington Post – Ahmed Rashid shows how in the five years since Sept. 11, the tactics and strategy of Islamic extremists fighting U.S. or NATO forces have improved dramatically. To a degree they could not approach five years ago, the extremists are successfully facing off against the overwhelming technological apparatus that modern armies can bring to bear against guerrillas. Islamic extremists are winning the war by not losing, and they are steadily expanding to create new battlefronts.
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US Marines – ???And There Was Light???
Leatherneck – New gear being researched and fielded provides leathernecks the edge in battle.
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Terrorism – Bin Laden Trail 'Stone Cold'
Washington Post – The status of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden.
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US Marines – Update on the Corps
Leatherneck – Closing in on his end of tour, the Marine Corps Commandant shares his thoughts on the Corps.
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US Navy – Sailors take to river for training they need to battle Iraqi insurgents
Virginian Pilot – Sailors from Little Creek are scheduled to deploy to Iraq in March to patrol a 60-mile stretch of the Euphrates River around Baghdad.
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Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japanese Maritime Thought: If Not Mahan, Who?
Naval War College Review – Postwar Japan is a case study in strategy making without a larger theoretical framework. Imperial Japanís attachment to Mahanian strategic theory did not outlive World War II. Japanís break with Mahanian thought, however, is occurring at a moment in history when Chinaís ambitions could usher in a new age of Mahan.
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