Virginian Pilot – Navy leaders contend that the “sea base” ñ a network of ships providing offshore artillery fire, air support, food, ammunition and even a place to sleep for ground troops ñ is about to replace the carrier as the centerpiece of the fleet.
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US Navy – Sea bases: the Navy's new way to fight
Virginian Pilot – The proposed sea base is a network of ships that would provide artillery fire, air support, supplies and a secure home for troops fighting on land. No one knows yet what the sea base of the future will look like. But here are some of the vessels – existing and planned – the Navy has said could be included in the force.
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US Navy – Sea bases: the Navy's new way to fight
Virginian Pilot – The proposed sea base is a network of ships that would provide artillery fire, air support, supplies and a secure home for troops fighting on land. No one knows yet what the sea base of the future will look like. But here are some of the vessels – existing and planned – the Navy has said could be included in the force.
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Geopolitics / Central Asia – Democracy is not about to sweep Central Asia
International Herald Tribune – Ahmed Rhasid says democracy will not overtake Central Asia any time soon.
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US Marines – Battle-Weary Marine Unit Awaits 'Taste Of Freedom'
Washington Post – A look at the first Marine unit to serve three rotations in Iraq.
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US Marines – Field Medical Service School
Leatherneck – “Corpsman up!” Not something any Marine wants to shout, but each leatherneck knows that cry sends motivated Field Medical Service School-trained corpsmen into immediate action.
Indian Navy – First indigenous aircraft carrier construction starts tomorrow
PTI News – The construction of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier, designed by the Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design (DND), will commence at the Cochin Shipyard with the “steel cutting” ceremony tomorrow.
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US Coast Guard – Congress Set for Tug-of-War Over Coast Guard Jurisdiction
Sea Power – As Congress tweaks its oversight of homeland security funding and policy this session, the Coast Guard could be caught in a tug-of-war between competing House and Senate committees stubbornly clinging to their turf.
Editorial Note – NOSI on break until April 11
NOSI will take a short break and next be updated on April 11th. I have posted the weekend’s articles for you, in advance. See you then.
Canadian Navy – Upgrades to subs could cost $465M
Ottawa Citizen – Taxpayers could be shelling out up to $465 million for upgrades to Canada’s troubled second-hand submarines while navy officers hope to start receiving seed money in a few years for a new underwater fleet.
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Air Warfare – U.S. Drones Crowd Iraq's Skies to Fight Insurgents
New York Times – An overview of unmanned aerial vehicle operations underway in Iraq.
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US Navy – Shaping the Future
Sea Power – Key Navy and Marine Corps weapons reach a turning point in 2005, but tight budgets and war costs may hamper forward progress.
History – Amphibious Assault on Attu
World War II – Plagued by logistical difficulties and lackluster leadership, the battle for the Aleutian island of Attu remains largely forgotten.
US Navy – Self-Inflicted Vulnerabilities
Naval War College Review – Military systems increasingly rely on information systems that are designed to commercial standards and lower levels of quality assurance than is traditional for military hardware. This reality, together with flaws that emerge in the networked environments that are the hallmark of network-centric warfare, increases the probability of operational failure, even without hostile action. Planners must provide fallback capabilities against the possibility of catastrophic information-system failure.
Royal Australian Navy – HMAS Tobruk To Iraq – Al Muthanna Task Group
Scoop – HMAS Tobruk heads to Iraq.
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Pakistani Navy – Pacts with China for warships signed
Dawn – Pakistan will buy 4 frigates from China.
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US Navy – Emergency continues on quake-hit islands, US hospital ship arrives
Agence France Presse – The hospital ship USNS Mercy was due to arrive at Indonesia’s Nias island Monday as thousands of people were still in desperate need of help a week after a powerful quake killed hundreds.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – On Killing
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind on the (un)importance of killing in Fourth Generation Warfare.
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US Navy – West's submarine nuclear warheads flawed, say scientists
Daily Telegraph – British and American nuclear warheads carried by submarines are so poorly designed that they may fail to detonate if fired, scientists have said.
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US Navy – Hiding and Seeking
Sea Power – Navy takes a simpler route to the next step in precision strike: hitting a moving target in poor conditions with low-cost munitions.
Royal Australian Navy – Australians killed in quake crash
BBC – Nine Australian military personnel were killed when their helicopter from HMAS Kanimbla crashed during relief operations on the quake-hit Indonesian island of Nias.
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US Navy – With new jets, Navy pilots rely more on brains than brawn
Virginian Pilot – Their new ride has the brains; the old one had the brawn. That oversimplifies the difference between the F/A-18 Super Hornet and the F-14 Tomcat. But remove the pilot lingo and military acronyms used by those who fly the jets or keep them running, and itís the bottom line.
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US Navy – Naval aviation moves to a whole new plane
Virginian Pilot – Move over, Tomcats and ìBabyî Hornets. The Super Hornets are finally here, filling a decade-long need for a more advanced Navy combat aircraft.
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US Navy – After Closing of Navy Base, Hard Times in Puerto Rico
New York Times – A year after the Navy left Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, taking with it 6,000 jobs and an estimated $300 million annually, Ceiba is struggling as businesses close, unemployment rises and residents leave the town of 18,000.
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Geopolitics / Environment – The Choice
Foreign Affairs – Jared Diamond’s Collapse is a catalog of past environmental ruin. But despite the abundance of bad news, its message is one of cautious optimism: if modern society can learn from the failures of its predecessors, it can avoid their fate.
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