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German Navy – German navy gets new submarines
Xinhua – The German navy got on Wednesday two conventionally-powered submarines, which military officials say are the most modern such ships currently in service.
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Wargaming – And now, the war forecast
Economist – Can software really predict the outcome of an armed conflict, just as it can predict the course of the weather?
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Transformation – Come the Revolution
Naval War College Review – The Asia-Pacific militaries are making impressive strides in modernization, but modernization and transformation are not the same thing. What is impeding their progress in fully implementing the revolution in military affairs? Do they need to do that? What will happen if they do not?
Geopolitics / Islam – A Clash of Systems: An Analytical Framework to Demystify the Radical Islamist Threat
Parameters – The purpose of this article is to provide an alternative framework to Samuel Huntington’s “clash of civilizations” that instead portrays the current global conflict as a clash of systems, not civilizations.
Royal Navy – Trident fleet faces stretched lifespan to help curb defence costs
The Herald – Britain is to try to stretch the operational lifespan of its four Trident missile submarines until at least 2035 to maintain its nuclear deterrent at minimal cost and risk.
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Norwegian Navy – Fleeing boat nears Russia waters
BBC – A Russian trawler which fled with two Norwegian fisheries officials on board after they inspected its catch is nearing Russian territorial waters.
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Indian Navy – Russia delivers INS Sindhughosh to India
The Hindu – Russia has handed over the Kilo-class Indian diesel-electric submarine INS Sindhugosh to the naval crew after its complete modernisation at the Zvezdochka defence shipyard of Severodvinsk, in the White Sea.
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US Navy – Navy considers sailors trained for close-quarters assault
Virginian Pilot – The “Dirt Navy,” if put into play, could thrust sailors into a domain long reserved for foot soldiers. The force, perhaps 800-strong, could be used in missions that call for close contact with hostile coastlines.
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History – Two Centuries of Dreadnought
Sea Power – The story of HMS Dreadnought.
US Navy – Navy leader shows desire to retire the Kennedy
Virginian Pilot – Despite being pressed by lawmakers to hold on to the aging aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, the Navyís top admiral underscored his desire Thursday to retire the ship and build a future fleet with just 11 flattops.
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US Navy – Breaking barriers, sinking stereotypes
Virginian Pilot – Capt. Nora Tyson just finished serving as commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship Bataan. For a time after Hurricane Katrina, she was the voice of the Navy on TV.
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US Navy – Washington Report
Sea Power – Naval news from the US Congress.
Iraq – A Soldier's Story
Wall Street Journal – An interview with General David Petraeus on the current state of the Iraqi Army.
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US Navy – The Fixer
Sea Power – An interview with the Navy’s program executive officer for Littoral and Mine Warfare
Iraq – Interview With Pamela Hess, UPI Defense Correspondent
Q and A – Transcript of an excellent 1 hour long insightful interview conducted by Brian Lamb of UPI Defense Correspondent Pamela Hess, who has reported extensively from Iraq, on what the situation is really like there.
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US Navy – Why Doesn't America Have a Nelson?
Naval War College Review – The U.S. Navy has yet to produce a commander who can equal Nelsonís combination of war-fighting excellence, personal gallantry, and public prominence. Whether the Navy can produce one today, absent a powerful rival on the high seas, is doubtful at best.
Operations Other Than War – Navy sending gear, crews to quake area
Navy Times – How the US Navy is helping with the Pakistan earthquake relief efforts.
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Geopolitics / Iraq – How to Win in Iraq
Foreign Affairs – An insightful essay by Andrew Krepinevich. Because they lack a coherent strategy, U.S. forces in Iraq have failed to defeat the insurgency or improve security. Winning will require a new approach to counterinsurgency, one that focuses on providing security to Iraqis rather than hunting down insurgents. And it will take at least a decade.
Piracy – Somalis seek help to stop pirates
BBC – Somalia’s transitional prime minister, Ali Mohammed Ghedi, has urged neighbouring countries to send warships to patrol waters off the Somali coast.
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US Navy – New chief sees expanded role for Navy
Copley News Service – American sailors might operate well beyond their traditional domain of the high seas, the Navy’s new top officer said Thursday in laying out his vision of the Navy’s future.
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Russian Navy – Deep Secrets
Moscow Times – In the new book “Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine’s Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S.,” former American submariner Kenneth Sewell, in collaboration with journalist Clint Richmond, reexamines the 1968 loss of K-129, a Soviet Golf II-class missile submarine. Revisiting this well-known story and the CIA’s aborted effort to recover the hull under the guise of the highly classified Project Jennifer, the author argues that K-129 actually attempted to launch a nuclear weapon against the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor.
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US Navy – The Mach 7 Munition
Sea Power – The Navy is planning experiments with artillery that would be able to hit targets with precision 200 to 300 miles inland. The high-tech weapon would give naval surface ships a new, persistent ability to provide indirect fire to Marines or other inland maneuver forces that are rapidly outrunning the umbrella of current naval guns.
Fourth Generation Warfare – Interview with Martin van Creveld
Defense and the National Interest – An interview with military historian Martin van Creveld.
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US Navy – Doing More
Sea Power – After watching U.S. ground forces shoulder the burden of missions in Afghanistan and Iraq during the last four years, Navy leaders are now preparing to provide regional combatant commanders a host of new units and skills tailored to support a range of new capabilities for the war on terrorism.
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