New York Times Magazine – The United States and China are counting on the Saudis to satisfy our growing thirst for oil. The Saudis say they can supply all our needs. Critics say that that is becoming impossible. They just might turn out to be right.
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US Navy – At the Top
Sea Power – Marine, Navy officers dominate in Joint Chiefs, Unified Commands.
Indian Navy – India secretly building nuclear submarine
Daily Times – India is building a nuclear submarine secretly, but it should do so openly as it is not breaking any laws, according to a retired admiral of the Indian Navy.
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Geopolitics – When Is Coercion Successful? And Why Can't We Agree on It?
Naval War College Review – The scholarly controversy over coercion by states-military, diplomatic, and economic-does more than complicate academic arguments; it has consequences for policy. It might become a more effective instrument than it has so far proved if the theoretical community can reach consensus as to what it is, how it can be effectively applied, and what constitutes success.
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US Navy – Jordan rockets miss US Navy ship
BBC – Three missiles have been fired from the Jordanian port of Aqaba, missing the USS Ashland but hitting Israel.
Virginian Pilot – Missiles fired at local Navy ships in Jordan.
Washington Post – U.S. Ship Attacked in Jordan Port.
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Geopolitics / Terrorism – Counterterrorism in Retrospect
Foreign Affairs – A new history of the United States’ pre-September 11 efforts to combat terrorism portrays them as marked by myopia, indecision, and diffidence.
Chinese Navy – China Reportedly Refitting Soviet Aircraft Carrier
NPR – The Chinese Navy is repairing an ex-Soviet aircraft carrier, according to media reports. While it would require more work to make it functional, the vessel would be China’s first carrier. Michele Norris talks with Andrew Koch of Jane’s Defence Weekly.
Koch and his colleague Yihong Chang report this week on repairs that China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy is making to the carrier Varyag. In images obtained by Jane’s, workers at the Chinese Dalian Shipyard appear to have repainted the Varyag in the country’s military colors.
The ship, built in the 1980s, was auctioned by Ukraine after the fall of the Soviet Union. It was purchased by a Hong Kong company, with the stated purpose of creating a hotel and resort craft.
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US Navy – Navy battling for new super destroyer
Associated Press – An update on the DD(X) project.
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US Navy – It's MAJIIC
Sea Power – Joint Forces Command data access system enables tactical commanders to ëGoogleí for fresh intelligence.
Fourth Generation Warfare – Modern Warfare Symposium, continued
Defense and the National Interest – A continuation of the discussion of what a state armed service designed for Fourth Generation war might look like – a militia.
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Taiwanese Navy – Two Kidd-class destroyers to join navy by year's end
Taiwan News – Two of four Kidd-class destroyers purchased from the United States are expected to be delivered to Taiwan by the end of the year.
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US Navy – The Power Pool
Sea Power – The Navy and Marine Corps are integrating tactical air resources to get air power to the right places faster and more efficiently.
Russian Navy – Russian fleet in Crimean doldrums
BBC – Once the pride of the Soviet navy, Russia’s Black Sea Fleet can still put on an impressive display???But it could soon be fighting for its own survival.
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US Marines – Intervention and Nation Building in Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare
Marine Corps Gazette – This case study is designed to demonstrate how the concept of progressive reconstruction could fit into the future expeditionary maneuver warfare concept.
Ground Warfare – The Other Army
New York Times Magazine – There are dozens of private security companies operating in Iraq, and Triple Canopy is one of the largest. How was it formed, who are its men – and what is the line between “security” and warfare?
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Iraq – U.S. Lowers Sights On What Can Be Achieved in Iraq
Washington Post – The Bush administration is significantly lowering expectations of what can be achieved in Iraq, recognizing that the United States will have to settle for far less progress than originally envisioned during the transition due to end in four months, according to U.S. officials in Washington and Baghdad.
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US Navy – Hidden Jewel
Sea Power – Little-known inside the Coast Guard, the International Affairs office gains entrÈe to nations officially closed to U.S. military influence.
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US Marines – Marines trade Humvees for donkeys
Associated Press – US Marines are trading Humvees for donkeys in Afghanistan.
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US Navy – Thinking About Basing
Naval War College Review – The United States has entered, and is already responding to, a new and highly uncertain era regarding the purposes, means, and possibilities of acquiring and maintaining bases for the support of operations abroad. History has much to say here, but the answers, choices, and trade-offs will depend most of all on scenariosówhat the nation believes could happen.
Iraq – Lessons for an Exit Strategy
Washington Post – Henry Kissinger draws some parallels between the exit strategy used in Vietnam and the exit strategy being discussed for Iraq.
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Russian Navy – Russia remembers Kursk disaster
BBC – Remembrance services have been held in Russia to mark five years since the Kursk submarine sank in the Barents Sea after a torpedo exploded on board.
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Royal Australian Navy – Government advances amphibious ship project
Australian Associated Press – The Australian government launched a competition to build two new amphibious naval ships, alerting local shipbuilders to be ready to tender for the $2 billion project early next year.
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History – Lightships Showed the Way
Sea Power – A brief history of Coast Guard light ships.
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US Navy – Japan hosts year's largest military exercise
Associated Press – The USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier battle group, a contingent of Marines and dozens of Air Force fighter jets have conducted their biggest inter-service exercises of the year off the southern Japanese island of Okinawa.
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Chinese Navy – Pentagon report warns of China's growing submarine fleet
Chicago Tribune – A just-released Pentagon report to Congress carries a strong warning that China’s rapidly expanding and improving submarine fleet poses a mounting military threat to the United States.
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