Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan has raised the suspected North Korean spy ship from the sea bed to learn more about it.
US Navy – Miscellaneous US Navy news, including updates on the Seabee reorganization and Super Hornet basing options.
Background – Intelligence – James Bamford on how signals intelligence is failing us in the war on terror.
US Navy – On the anniversary of 9/11, the US service chiefs talk candidly about the lessons their services have learned from the war on terror.
Russian Navy – Russia blows up the remaining bow portions of the Kursk left on the seabed.
US Navy – How the US will be able to attack Iraq with a shorter buildup than in 1991.
French Navy – France will be conducting naval exercises with Angola.
Background – Iraq – James F. Dunnigan analyses the reasons why Arab countries have such poorly performing armed forces.
Canadian Navy – The frigate HMCS Montreal sails for the Gulf.
Phillipine Marines – Phillipine Marines are operating against guerillas in the Phillipines.
US Navy – A detailed description of the conversion of 4 Trident-class ballistic missile submarines to guided missile submarines (SSGNs).
Iraqi Navy – The US Air Force has struck Iraqi Silkworm surface to surface missile sites so they cannot be used to attack US supplies being shipped to Kuwait via sea.
Canadian Navy – The emergency breathing system on the new Canadian submarines does not meet environmental standards.
Background – Antigravity Research and Black Programs – Something out of the ordinary. An interview with Jane’s Defense Weekly journalist Nick Cook, who has published a book in which he states Nazi Germany had developed aircraft that used antigravity propulsion systems???and that this technology is most likely in the hands of the US and exists in black programs. Read on???
US Marines – Background information on the new Commandant of the Marine Corps.
US Navy – US Navy ships will start flying the “First Navy Jack.”
US Marines – Rumors that a Marine Expeditionary Force, of division strength, is to move to the Gulf.
History – U.S. Navy celebrates the centennial of its destroyer force.
US Navy – Aircraft from the USS George Washington have participated in the most recent strike on Iraq.
Indian Navy – India will soon receive 3 more Krivak-class frigates.
Indian Navy – An overview of this month’s exercise between India and the US.
US Navy – Inside the Basic Enlisted Submarine School (BESS).
Background – Wargaming – More on Exercise Millenium Challenge 02, including an interview with the Marine General commanding the Red forces and how he defeated the Blue forces.
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – The presumed North Korean spy ship has turned away from Japan and headed back towards Korea.
US Coast Guard – How the events of September 11 have changed the US Coast Guard.
Indian Navy – India and Indonesia begin joint patrols of the Andaman Sea to fight piracy.
Phillipine Navy – Two Phillipine patrol aircraft overflying the Spratly Islands were fired on by Vietnamese forces.
Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan is shadowing another mystery ship – possibly a North Korean spy ship – off its coast.
Military Sealift Command – More US arms are being prepositioned in the Middle East.
US Navy – The Trident-class ballistic missile submarines are being steadily modernized.
Background – War on Terrorism – An interview with Secretary of Defense Rumsfield on the next steps in the war on terrorism.
US Navy – The captain of the USS Kitty Hawk has been relieved of his command.
Royal Navy – HMS Ark Royal is deploying with Merlin helicopters.
US Navy – A critical look by James Dunnigan on the number of nuclear attack submarines in the US Navy.
Background – War on Terrorism – William Arkin reflects on what the US has accomplished since 9/11/01.
Royal Navy – The current disposition of the Royal Navy as HMS Ark Royal sets sail for exercises in the Mediterranean.
US Coast Guard – Aboard the patrol craft USS Typhoon, an illustration of how the Coast Guard is fighting terrorism at sea.
US Navy – How network-centric warfare can be conducted under the sea.
Background – Pakistan – Arnaud de Borchgrave on why Pakistan is the new Afghanistan, and how Pakistan is still at great risk of descending into chaos.
Background – Iraq – Thomas Friedman on what will be needed to rebuild Iraq.
Taiwanese Navy – Taiwan is developing its own antiship cruise missiles.
US Navy – The US is not building a shipyard in Indonesia after all???
US Navy – The USS Wasp amphibious ready group has returned from the Gulf.
US Coast Guard – In the Arctic aboard the icebreak Healy.
Background – Iraq – William Arkin on how “effects based” targeting may be used against Iraq to topple Saddam, in a similar way to how it was used in Yugoslavia to topple Milosevic.
US Navy – The US is building a naval dockyard and repair facilty in Bitung, Indonesia.
Background – The Nation State – A review of four books that evaluate whether the nation state is in decline, and the implications for naval forces.
Indian Navy – Another Indian Kilo-class submarine is being overhauled in Russia.
US Navy – The Office of Naval Research is heading up the
Autonomous Intelligent Network and Systems (AINS), a program that aims to create
an operational drone army by the year 2020.
US Navy – What are the signs that the US is preparing to move against Iraq?
US Coast Guard – Deepwater will bring the Coast Guard into the present, technologically.
US Marines – Some Afghanistan lessons learned from the Marines.
Russian Navy – More details about the Kurk’s sinking emerge from inside Russia.
US Navy – Why leadership still matters???
Israeli Navy – Israel is using its navy to try to stop smuggling into the Gaza Strip by sea.
Taiwanese Marines – With Taiwan’s marines on exercises.
US Coast Guard – The Coast Guard prepares to modernize its maritime distress and response system.
US Navy – Every US submarine is being equipped with a videogame console, courtesy of a videogame trade association.
US Marine Corps – How command and control networks are being transformed to command, control, communications and computer networks.
US Navy – An indepth look at the new MH-60 helicopter and what it can do.
Russian Navy – President Putin vows to improve Russia’s navy.
US Coast Guard – Drug running go-fast boats are “grapes” for USCG’s new helicopter squadron.
Chinese Navy – A review and synthesis of several recent books about the Chinese Navy that cover its past and its possible future – and how the two are deeply intertwined.
Pakistani Navy – Pakistan launched its Agosta 90B submarine, and announced it will build four F-22 Chinese frigates with assistance from China.
Singapore Navy – Singapore’s second submarine is operational.
Indonesia Navy – Indonesia is conducting its first naval exercises since 1996.
Background – Aircraft Carriers – Why the aircraft carrier is still important.
US Navy – The CH-46 Sea Knight fleet is flying again after a temporary grounding.
US Navy – The USS Abraham Lincoln makes a port call in Hong Kong.
History – Battle of Savo Island – A look at one of the US Navy’s worst defeats, from an officer who was there.
US Navy – The US says Exercise Millennium Challenge *was* an extremely useful exercise.
Background – Iran – An excellent essay by Robert Kaplan on what one possible lawless future for Iran may look like.
US Marines – The Marines are learning just how hard urban combat can be in realistic training scenarios.
US Marines – The Commandant of the Marine Corps on lessons learned from Afghanistan.
NAVINT – Anthony Preston’s miscellaneous naval news from the UK, Australia, Chile, France, Sri Lanka, and Japan.
Russian Navy – What did Russia’s recent naval wargames in the Caspian Sea actually achieve?
Background – Wargaming – The Pentagon answers the acusations that Millenium Challenge 02 was fixed.
Background – Wargaming – How the US military is utilizing computer-based wargaming more and more.
Background – Iraq – James F. Dunnigan nicely summarizes the reasons for and against invading Iraq.
Background – Russia – Does Russia really know what it is doing in arming China?
US Navy – How the US Navy hospital ships Comfort and Mercy could be better utilized.
Indian Navy – An Indian task force is making a port call in Singapore.
US Navy – The cockpit design of the Joint Strike Fighter is being fine-tuned.
US Coast Guard – The new Coast Guard commandant focuses on Readiness, People, Stewardship.
Background – Alliances – David Isby on why the alliances are key to the US’s success in the war on terrorism, and why we must do more to form them and aid them.
Royal Navy – The UK is coming close to deciding on what type of aircraft carrier they would like to build and what type of aircraft they would like to fly from it.
US Marine Corps – The crucial role that intelligence played in establishing and operating Camp Rhino inside Afghanistan.
Royal Australian Navy – Australia has commissioned its fourth Anzac-class frigate.
Canadian Navy – The frigate HMCS Ottawa returns home after 6 months in the Arabian Sea.
US Coast Guard – Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Teams gear up for homeland-security mission.
Background – Nation-Building – A fascinating look at how US Special Forces are conducting nation-building inside Afghanistan. An interesting quote from Afghanis: “Only America puts its peacekeepers in the sky???”
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