Agence France-Presse – Taiwan plans to equip its two Dutch-built submarines with Harpoon anti-ship missiles that could be used to attack key Chinese naval bases.
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Operations Other Than War – Military Launches Hurricane Rescue Effort
Associated Press – The USS Iwo Jima is assisting in post-Hurricane Rita relief efforts.
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US Coast Guard – Washington Report
Sea Power – As lawmakers return from summer recess this month, House and Senate conferees are preparing to spar over funding for the Coast Guardís Deepwater modernization program in fiscal 2006.
Editorial Note – NOSI on break until Monday September 26
NOSI will next be updated on Monday September 26. See you then.
History – Net-centric before Its Time
Naval War College Review – The main caution that the story of the Jeune ???cole offers for advocates of network-centric warfare and American defense transformation is not that they may be wrong in their assessments but that they may be right, too early.
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Geopolitics / Afghanistan – Afghanistan Four Years On: An Assessment
Parameters – A look at where Afghanistan stands today in terms of its efforts to become a viable nation.
Indonesian Navy – Indonesia fires at Chinese boat
BBC – An Indonesian warship has opened fire on a Chinese fishing boat, killing a member of its crew and wounding two others.
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Russian Navy – PF naval squadron to set out on cruise to Indian Ocean
ITAR-TASS – The Russian Pacific Fleet heads out to exercise in the Indian Ocean.
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US Navy – LSU seeking mobile military field hospitals to replace Charity
Associated Press – Louisiana State University has asked the US Navy to provide the USNS Comfort as a temporary replacement for Charity Hospital, which was effectively destroyed by hurricane Katrina.
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US Navy – As Rita approaches, Bataan delayed, other ships sent to sea
Virginian Pilot – The Navy today put on hold the return home of one of its ships sent to hurricane relief efforts in the Gulf Coast, the USS Bataan, anticipating it may be needed again as Hurricane Rita threatens the area.
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US Marines – Hearts and Minds
Sea Power – Marine Civil Affairs Groups take on a larger role in Iraq as U.S. forces vie with insurgents for loyalties of the local population.
Geopolitics – Peace is spreading: the troubling thing is, we don't really know why
Daily Telegraph – Niall Ferguson writes on how believe-it-or-not, peace is really spreading around the world. But why?
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Ground Combat – Mental Health Care and Combat Stress
Marine Corps Gazette – A perspective on combat stress from the psychiatrist of the 1st Marine Division.
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Canadian Navy – Canadian warships leave Gulf Coast
Canadian Press – The Canadian Navy ends rescue operations in the Gulf Coast.
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US Navy – The World in a Shoebox
Sea Power – Navy ships begin a new era of electronic navigation, service plans for full fleet digital conversion by 2009.
Geopolitics / Southeast Asia – The Growing Prospects for Maritime Security Cooperation in Southeast Asia
Naval War College Review – Southeast Asia has responded to the maritime dangers that in the 1990s replaced Cold War rivalries, and the terrorist threat that has more recently stepped to the forefront, producing an unprecedented degree of “operationalized” interstate cooperation. Fundamental obstacles remain, but the underlying dynamics are promising.
Geopolitics – The Power Brokers
Foreign Affairs – In Running the World, David Rothkopf provides page after page of raw material on the history and workings of the National Security Council. Unfortunately, the information is not matched by much rigorous analysis.
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Military Space – Cold War spy satellite program declassified
Space.com – The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), National Security Agency (NSA) and Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have declassified the fact that a series of satellites was orbited from 1962 through 1971, designated POPPY. POPPYís mission was to collect radar emissions from Soviet naval vessels.
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Mexican Navy – Mexican marines were prepared to do more
San Jose Mercury News – A look at the Mexican contribution to Gulf Coast relief operations.
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US Marines – Pentagon pulling 4,700 troops from Gulf Coast
Reuters – The US Marines and US Navy pull out of Gulf Coast relief operations.
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Chinese Navy – Shifts in Pacific Force U.S. Military To Adapt Thinking
Washington Post – Another look at the threat posed by China’s military rise.
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History – Missouri Ceremony 60 Years Ago Marked Victory in the Pacific
Sea Power – A look at the Japanese surrender ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri.
US Navy – Grim Reaper comes calling for F-14 training unit
Virginian Pilot – The current and past history of the Grim Reaper’s fighter squadron.
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Iraqi Navy – Looking For Tripwires
Sea Power – Nations cooperate to patrol Persian Gulf waters as Iraqi Navy trains to assume security responsibility.
US Marines – Amphibious Operations in the Gulf War: 1990ñ91
Marine Corps Gazette – For all those who thought that Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm were merely land campaigns fought by opposing forces, the author provides a detailed view of the important role amphibious planning and operations played in bottling up the forces under Saddam Hussein.
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