Korea Herald – South Korea has been participating in anti-submarine warfare exercise SHAREM-148 with the United States.
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Taiwanese Navy – Aircraft now a priority, experts urge
Taipei Times – Taiwan continues to struggle over which anti-submarine weapons it should purchase.
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US Marines – Marines, Iraqi Forces Launch Offensive in Ramadi
Washington Post – The Marines are conducting operations outside the town of Ramadi against insurgents.
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US Marines – U.S. Feeling Pressure To Rebuild Fallujah
Washington Post – Another look at the Marine efforts to rebuild Fallujah.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – Battle of Algiers
New York Times – I just saw the movie The Battle of Algiers and I recommend it to anyone who wants to experience a first-person view of what Fourth Generation Warfare can be like. The similarities between this battle, which occured 50 years ago, and the situation in Iraq today, are striking. The article linked to here reports on how the Pentagon has been using this film.
Roger Ebert gives some insight into how the film was made: Roger Ebert – The Battle of Algiers
US Navy – Mini-Submarine Promises Dry Delivery for SEALS
Sea Power – A look at the Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS), a mini-submarine being developed by Northrop Grumman to covertly transport special operations forces from a submerged submarine to a shoreline or harbor and back.
Canadian Navy – Sub Skipper Seeks Legal Advice
Canadian Press – The renewed investigation into the fatal fire aboard HMCS Chicoutimi has been put off until next month while the submarine’s captain and two officers seek legal advice.
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US Marines – Good night, Fallujah: 'Raider' starts for home
Christian Science Monitor – A Marine unit that fought in Fallajuh looks back on its tour in Iraq and prepares to head home.
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Ground Warfare – Who Do You Trust More: G.I. Joe or A.I. Joe?
New York Times – An interesting follow-up to the article earlier this week on robotic soldiers and the Army’s Future Combat System. It asks an interesting question: Is there still a good reason to trust ourselves or should we defer to a computer’s calculations?
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History – Allied Agony at Anzio
World War II Magazine – The daring seaborne operation was planned as a way of outflanking German strength on Italy’s Gustav Line and swiftly capturing Rome, but almost nothing went according to plan.
US Navy – New submarine can tap fiber-optic cables
Associated Press – The USS Jimmy Carter, set to join the nation’s submarine fleet Saturday, will have some special capabilities, intelligence experts say: It will be able to tap undersea cables and eavesdrop on the communications passing through them.
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US Navy – Navy plans to mothball carrier JFK, not scrap it
Virginian Pilot – The Navy expects to mothball the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy after retiring it later this year, preserving vital systems so that the ship could return to the fleet if needed.
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US Marines – Does anyone see need for marines here?
Japan Times – Do the Marines really need their bases on Okinawa?
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US Marines – Fallujah the safest place in Iraq, says US
Daily Telegraph – With the Marines who are rebuilding Fallujah.
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Russian Navy – Nuclear cruiser Admiral Nakhimov being upgraded
Bellona – Reconstruction and upgrade of the nuclear-powered cruiser Admiral Nakhimov is under way at the Sevmash plant in Severodvinsk.
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History – "Sudden Death Echo"
Leatherneck – It was early in the Vietnam War, a time when Marines still wore sateen utilities, carried wooden-stocked M14 rifles and fought an enemy that could disappear into thin air and re-emerge with deadly consequences.
Editorial Note – NOSI's Fifth Birthday
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Geopolitics / Saudi Arabia – House of Saud
Frontline – The House of Saud has controlled every aspect of Saudi life and politics since the kingdom was established in 1932. But outside the Desert Kingdom, little is known about Saudi Arabia’s secretive royal family. An exploration of how the Al Saud family maintains its hold on power in the face of growing tensions between Islam and modernity. Read the fascinating transcript.
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Chinese Navy – Rumsfeld Warns of Concern About Expansion of China's Navy
New York Times – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday that the Pentagon was closely monitoring the growth of China’s navy as part of that country’s overall military buildup.
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Transformation – A lesson in transforming warfare
Financial Times – The world has been so focused on US military performance in the war on terrorism, particularly in Afghanistan and Iraq, that it has paid little attention to the growing problems within America’s military forces and the failure of many US plans for force transformation.
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Geopolitics / Japan – Japan to Join U.S. Policy on Taiwan
Washington Post – The United States and Japan will declare Saturday for the first time in a joint agreement that Taiwan is a mutual security concern, according to a draft of the document. Analysts called the move a demonstration of Japan’s willingness to confront the rapidly growing might of China.
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US Navy – Navy, DARPA Seek Smaller Submarines
Sea Power – The Navy and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plan to pour $97 million during the next four years into a new joint project known as Tango Bravo, intended to lead to the design of a new attack submarine that would have all the capabilities of the current Virginia-class boats, but would be half the size and built at half the cost.
Royal Australian Navy – HMAS Kanimbla to stay in Aceh
The Australian – Australian troops on the HMAS Kanimbla are likely to be away at least three month helping to rebuild tsunami-ravaged Aceh.
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Ground Warfare – A New Model Army Soldier Rolls Closer to Battle
New York Times – The Pentagon predicts that robots will be a major fighting force in the American military in less than a decade, hunting and killing enemies in combat.
Daily Telegraph – Pentagon prepares to build £70bn robot army
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Wargaming – On Maneuvers With the Army's Game Squad
New York Times – America’s Army, a video game developed as a Pentagon recruiting tool, has gained an avid following. Now the Army has put the game developers through a boot camp to acquaint them better with the soldier’s world.
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