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US Navy – Looking for an 'added edge'
Associated Press – The Harry S. Truman heads one of seven Navy carrier battle groups in the “Summer Pulse ’04” exercise being conducted from the Pacific to the Atlantic to the Persian Gulf. A goal is to show allies and enemies alike that American maritime might can be tough and nimble in many theaters at once.
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Indonesian Navy – Anti-piracy drive in Malacca Straits
BBC – A ceremony has been held in the Malacca Straits to mark the beginning of co-ordinated naval patrols between Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia.
More from the Daily Telegraph
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Chinese Navy – New Chinese Submarine
Strategy Page – A look at China’s newest submarines.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – 4GW In The Sudan
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind describes how 4th Generation Warfare techniques are being used in the conflict in the Sudan.
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Royal Navy – Government delays £3bn carrier decision
The Guardian – The UK government yesterday put off for a year the decision to go ahead with two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy
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Royal Navy – Dartmouth college faces axe
Daily Telegraph – The Royal Naval college at Dartmouth will be closed.
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US Coast Guard – Coast Guard must modernize ships faster, commandant says
Virginian Pilot – The Coast Guard needs to accelerate its modernization program because of increased wear and tear on existing equipment that is failing at an alarming rate, according to its commandant.
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Military Sealift Command – Military Sealift Command Maintains an Accelerated Pace
Sea Power – The U.S. Navyís Military Sealift Command (MSC) undertook one of the largest and fastest military cargo movements since World War II during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and the work is not finished yet.
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US Navy – Ghosts in the Machine: The Human Link in Precision Strike 'Kill Chain'
Sea Power – While the term ìprecision strikeî conjures high technology ó GPS satellites and laser target designators guiding smart weapons straight through the eye of a needle ó there is an often-overlooked human aspect.
Ground Warfare – The Price of Valour
The New Yorker – We train our soldiers to kill for us. Afterward, theyíre on their own. A first person look at how combat stress is affecting the US Army – and Marines – in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Geopolitics / Japan – Past its Prime? The Future of the US-Japan Alliance
Parameters – A possible future for the alliance between Japan and the US.
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Editorial Note
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Chinese Navy – Chinese Produce New Type of Sub
Washington Times – China has a new diesel-powered submarine under construction – the Yuan class – which was unknown to Western intelligence.
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Canadian Navy – New ships in works for Atlantic fleet
Halifax Herald – More on Canada’s proposed new patrol vessels.
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US Navy – U.S. plans 2nd flattop in Pacific
The Asahi Shimbun – Washington plans to deploy a second aircraft carrier to the Pacific region. Discussions are under way for basing the second aircraft carrier either in Guam or Hawaii in the next two to three years as part of Washington’s global realignment of its military forces
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US Navy – Navy Opts for Speed, Innovation in LCS Design Winners
Sea Power – The Navy underscored its sense of urgency and determination to foster new technologies with the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program by awarding two final system design contracts with options for detail design and construction to Lockheed Martinís Maritime Systems & Sensors Division and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, while rejecting a bid by Raytheon.
History – Combined Action Program: Marines' Alternative to Search and Destroy
Vietnam Magazine – Search-and-destroy operations in Vietnam failed as a working doctrine, and the strategy of attrition cost the needless deaths of thousands of American service personnel. That policy was based on principles the United States had employed in previous conventional wars, using superior American mobility and firepower to seize the initiative and inflict heavy losses on enemy units. The American policy and strategy during the Vietnam War should have been the pacification of the villages and hamlets, resulting in the destruction of the Viet Cong and their infrastructure. That could have been accomplished by the “clear-and-hold” tactics that the Marine Corps favored, using combined action platoons (CAPs).
Canadian Navy – Warship's crew was hamstrung by hypocrisy, opposition says
Times Colonist – HMCS Toronto returns from the Gulf where it was part of the USS George Washington battlegroup.
Meanwhile, the Canadian navy will sit out the war on terrorism for one year in an effort to give exhausted sailors a chance to recuperate. More at the Sun Ottawa.
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Iraq – Into the Abyss
Defense and the National Interest – Martin van Creveld predicts the future of Iraq.
Royal Australian Navy – China and Taiwan: flashpoint for a war
Sydney Morning Herald – Potential for a Chinese attack on Taiwan is simmering again, and, Australia’s next government may face a dilemma that makes Iraq look trivial – would Australia intervene on the side of Taiwan – or not?
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US Navy – Crew-swapping success carries a cost
Virginian Pilot – A ìSea Swapî experiment that kept a pair of destroyers deployed more or less continuously for 18 to 24 months was ìsuccessful technicallyî but undercut the morale of participating sailors and may spur some to end their naval careers, according to a report commissioned by the Navy.
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Turkish Navy – Turkey Launches its First Indigenous Coastal Minesweeper
Sea Power – The latest naval news from Turkey, India, Brazil, and Egypt.
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US Navy – Sea Basing
Air Force – How the naval servicesóand maybe the Armyóview sea basing as one answer to the anti-access problem.
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Canadian Navy – Navy shops around for new, midsized patrol vessels
Ottawa Citizen – The Canadian navy is looking at a new type of ship that could be used for sovereignty and security missions in coastal waters and potentially go to sea with mixed military and civilian crews.
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