DPA – Singapore has bought two second-hand Swedish Vastergotland-class submarines to upgrade its navy.
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History – Nelson at Trafalgar: He Did His Duty
Military History – Horatio Nelson’s two-column charge into the Franco-Spanish line was risky, but it won him the battle — at the cost of his life.
US Marines – On new tour, Marines to get big boost from Iraqi battalions
Copley News Service – When the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force resumes responsibility for volatile Anbar province in Iraq in February, the Marines will be bolstered by 18 battalions from the new Iraqi army, plus a large number of Iraqi police and border security forces.
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US Navy – In Demand
Sea Power – The number of unmanned aircraft deployed by U.S. forces has grown exponentially, and the nationís combatant commanders want even more.
US Navy – Deployment of 6,000 sailors and Marines begins Friday
Virginian Pilot – The USS Nassau Expeditionary Strike Group prepares to deploy.
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US Navy – Warship training tactic under scrutiny
Virginian Pilot – A Cold War tactic in which one ship tries to force another to turn may be at the root of collision between the Norfolk-based destroyers McFaul and Winston S. Churchill.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – Sichelschnitt
Defense and the National Interest – An interesting look, by William Lind, of what happens when two armies representing different generations of warfare fight each other???
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US Marines – Rumsfeld OKs Expansion of Commando Forces
Associated Press – In a historic step designed to bolster the military’s ability to fight a global war on terrorism, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday he approved adding Marines to U.S. Special Operations Command.
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US Navy – Presidential Helicopter Program
Sea Power – Naval news from around the industry.
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Royal Navy – Navy swoop nets £200m of cocaine
BBC – A Royal Navy warship has seized two tonnes of cocaine worth £200m during a drugs bust in the western Caribbean.
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Taiwanese Navy – Two destroyers sail for Taiwan
China Post – The United States has delivered to Taiwan two of the four Kidd-class destroyers Taipei has ordered in a move to boost the island’s defenses against rival China.
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US Navy – Companies Studying Persistent Unmanned Maritime ISR for Navy
Sea Power – Naval news from around the US defense industry
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US Marines – New U.S.-Japan Plan to Realign Military Defenses
Washington Post – The United States and Japan agreed yesterday to move forward with the biggest overhaul of the Pacific alliance in decades, aimed at bolstering military cooperation against new threats while consolidating U.S. forces on the island and withdrawing about 7,000 Marines from Okinawa.
Japan Times – U.S. to shift 7,000 marines from Okinawa to Guam.
Associated Press – U.S., Japan Announce Military Agreement
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Piracy – Maritime Terrorism in Southeast Asia
Naval War College Review – The Abu Sayyaf group, originally devoted to the establishment of a radical Islamic state in the Philippines through terrorism, has been fragmented and reduced to banditry by the Philippine military response. Nonetheless, especially by virtue of its inherent maritime capability, it is an important part of the maritime terrorist threat facing Southeast Asia.
Russian Navy – First Russian naval squadron visits Indonesia
Pravda – A Russian naval squadron has arrived in Indonesia for the first time in nearly four decades as the two countries boost military ties.
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Iraq – 2,000 Dead, in Context
New York Times – Victor Davis Hanson puts the 2000th US casualty in Iraq in perspective.
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Geopolitics / Middle East – The Strategic Implications of Political Liberalization and Democratization in the Middle East
Parameters – Promoting democracy has become a strategic imperative in the Bush Administrationís war on terrorism. The purpose of this paper is to explore what a democratic Middle East would mean for US interests.
Terrorism – Making Sense of a Sea of Information
Washington Post – Last week, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency requested proposals for a new research effort to make sense out of the sea of information. The new PANDA project (for Predictive Analysis for Naval Deployment Activities) seeks to develop a warning system that will automatically evaluate the behavior of maritime vessels worldwide to detect possible terrorist (or criminal) activity.
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Operations Other Than War – Navy ships deliver earthquake relief
San Diego Union Tribune – Two Navy vessels based in San Diego are delivering aid to victims of an Oct. 8 earthquake that killed more than 50,000 people in the Kashmir region of Pakistan and India.
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US Navy – Navy plans to trim its fleet by 10 ships this fiscal year
Virginian Pilot – The Navy plans to trim its fleet by at least 10 more ships this fiscal year as it drops below 280 for the first time in modern days.
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US Marines – No home where the dugong roam
Economist – The future of America’s security policy in the region pivots on one little beach. A look at the future of Marine bases on Okinawa.
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US Navy – Japan to host US nuclear carrier
BBC – Japan is to allow a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to be stationed in its waters for the first time. The vessel will replace the USS Kitty Hawk, the US Navy’s oldest active ship, when it is decommissioned in 2008.
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Iraq – The Fall of the Warrior King
New York Times Magazine – Nathan Sassaman was a star quarterback at West Point and a celebrated officer who carried his idealism with him to Iraq. But a nasty war has a way of undoing a good man.
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Royal Australian Navy – Navy denies blame for dead whales
Herald Sun – The Royal Australian Navy has denied two of its ships may have contributed to two mass whale strandings in Tasmania.
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Turkish Navy – Turkish Navy Orders Maritime Patrol Aircraft
Sea Power – Naval news from around the world.
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