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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Transformation – Spiraling ahead
Armed Forces Journal – William Arkin asks with the loss of its greatest champion, whatís to become of transformation?
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Russian Navy – Russian navy chief wants aircraft carriers
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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Transformation – Pentagon Scales Back Review of Military Strategy
New York Times – Another sneek peek at the results of the Quadrennial Defense Review.
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Geopolitics / Russia – For all those who miss the Cold War (especially Mr Putin), some bad newsÖ
Daily Telegraph – Niall Ferguson comments on current events in Russa.
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US Navy – Sub Spying in Latin America: An Incredible Story
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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Royal Navy – Launch for cutting edge warship
BBC – More on the launch of HMS Daring.
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Iraq – We can't walk away, even after 100 dead
Daily Telegraph – John Keegan on why the UK must stay the course in Iraq.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – Critics of the Fourth Generation: The Ugly
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind address critiques of Fourth Generation Warfare – Part 3.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – Critics of the Fourth Generation: The Bad
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind addresses the critiques of Fourth Generation Warfare – Part 2.
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Royal Navy – The big ship Navy is back
Daily Telegraph – This week’s launch of HMS Daring marks a new era in British warship construction. Will it last?
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US Marines – Embedded with U.S. Marines
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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US Navy – New guided missile destroyer commissioned
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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US Navy – Navy bids farewell to Sea King helicopter
Virginian Pilot – A workhorse for four decades, the Navyís last two operational H-3 Sea King helicopters rumbled off toward the ìbone yardî Friday in a retirement ceremony made up mostly of sailors half their age.
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History – Why Weren't We Warned?
World War II Magazine – David Kahn writs that the contention that broken Japanese codes could have alerted the United States won’t go away. But is there a simpler explanation than a failure of intelligence?
Iraq – Lessons Learned in Iraq Show Up in Army Classes
Washington Post – Thomas Ricks writes a fundamental change overtaking the Army is on display in classrooms across Fort Leavenworth. After decades of being told that their job was to close in on and destroy the enemy, officers are being taught that sometimes the best thing might be not to attack but to co-opt the enemy, perhaps by employing him, or encouraging him to desert, or by drawing him into local or national politics???It is a new focus devoted to one overarching topic: counterinsurgency, putting down an armed and political campaign against a government, the U.S. military’s imperative in Iraq.
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US Navy – Navy trains to detect new generation of diesel subs
Virginian Pilot – The Pacific Fleet has made training to track and destroy submarines its top combat priority amid concerns its sailors’ skills have not kept up with the advanced diesel submarines China and other Pacific Rim countries have been buying.
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US Navy – Pentagon to Shift Navy Forces to Counter Rising China
Bloomberg – The Pentagon has directed the Navy to assume a greater presence’ in the western Pacific by adding at least one aircraft carrier and five nuclear submarines over the next decade, according to a draft of the Pentagon’s review of strategy and forces.
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Canadian Navy – Harper brushes off U.S. criticism of Arctic plan
CBC – Canada’s new government plans to defend the sovereignty of its Northwest Passage more aggressively than in the past.
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US Marines – Wartime lessons
San Diego Union Tribune – Marines revamp training after learning what works, what doesn’t in Iraq.
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Royal Navy – Royal Navy hopes Argentine visit will break the ice
Daily Telgraph – A Royal Navy ship has anchored in an Argentine port for the first time since the Falklands conflict.
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US Navy – DARPA seeks supercavitation submarine
UPI – The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for a really fast, really small submarine. It’s also seeking a major breakthrough in physics: making supercavitation actually work on a large scale.
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Royal Navy – Britain and France to share carrier programme
Independent – Britain and France moved closer towards a co-operation agreement on the building of three aircraft carriers yesterday, after France agreed to pay up to £100m in phase payments towards the design of the ships.
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US Navy – Navy sailors recount foiling pirates in Indian Ocean
Virginian Pilot – An interview with the crew of the destroyer Winston Churchill which has returned 16 Indian crewmen to their ship and arrested 10 suspected Somali hijackers after foiling a piracy in the Indian Ocean.
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US Marines – Words Can Be Deadly: Language Training, the Neglected Survival Skill
Marine Corps Gazette – As the Marine Corps progresses through the 21st century, it is time to make some institutional changes regarding the education of all Marines. While we all can be proud of the speed and skill demonstrated during major combat operations both in Afghanistan and Iraq, as we have seen, when fighting fourth-generation wars, the defeat of an enemyís military forces alone no longer guarantees victory. Indeed, it may only create the opportunity for victory, which can be squandered if follow-on planning and forces are not able to take rapid advantage of initial success. The chief educational deficiency that needs to be addressed Corps-wide is the appalling lack of either opportunity for, or meaningful incentive to, study foreign languages and cultures.
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