Thursday, June 21, 2007

Sri Lankan Navy takes on Tamil Sea Tigers

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Reported here : Sri Lanka's navy says it has destroyed five Tamil Tiger vessels after coming under attack from two dozen boats off the i...

China and Burma

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Burma falls under China's sphere of influence, as set out here : Burma has now become China's most important ally in Asia. China...
Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Secretary Chertoff at the National Small Vessel Security Summit

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Comments by Secretary Chertoff at the National Small Vessel Security Summit : The reason we are all here and the reason we are pleased to ...

President Bush addresses the commencement of the Coast Guard Academy

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Remarks of the President at the graduation of the class of 2007, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, here : I've often warned that if we fail in I...

Insurance and the pirates of Somalia

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Insurance companies note the pirates of Somalia .
Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Graduation Day: What the commencement speaker didn't say

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So, another graduation . This time out in the middle of some arid hell hole where the grads don't seem to have been able to grab a quick...

Wing in Ground aircraft- another go?

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With a hat tip to NOSI , a report about a new effort at "wing in ground" or "ground effects" aircraft found here : What...

Latest ONI Worlwide Threat to Shipping Report (to 13 June 07)

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Latest ONI Worlwide Threat to Shipping Report (to 13 June 07) can be found here , though unlike recent reports, the latest is in .doc format...

Latest ICC CCS Piracy report (to 19 June 07)

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The latest ICC Commercial Crime Services Weekly Piracy Report is here . Highlights of a relatively slow week: - 13.06.2007: 0108 UTC: Posn 0...
Monday, June 18, 2007

Border warfare: Illegals using fire to clear border

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Oh what is the word for someone from across the border attacking your forces on your own land? War? What do you call what is allegedly happe...

Maritime Monday 64 at Fred Fry International

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Fred's at it again, with Maritime Monday 64 , an interesting look at the world of matters maritime- this week ranging from the Freeport...
Sunday, June 17, 2007

Sunday Ship History: DESRON 23

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In the beginning, there were cruisers and battleships escorted by anti-torpedo boats, which came to be known as "torpedo boat destroyer...
Saturday, June 16, 2007

Talking 'bout Al Qaeda

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Found as Symposium: Al Qaeda: What Next? by Jamie Glazov : Sample from Dr. Rohan Gunaratna: The globalised world of the West with its materi...

Simple ignorance

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Speaking of Senator Harry Reid - more on his ignorance here . Which proves that he knows energy facts as well as he "knows" milit...
Friday, June 15, 2007

Friday Reading

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Friday reading includes getting some Fullbore Friday from CDR Salamander with a look at the "tip of the spear" (or maybe the trip...

From Chart of the Day- Crude Oil Price pattern

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Found here : Due in large part to ever increasing demand as well as geopolitical tensions, oil has rallied and now trades above $67 per barr...

Al Jazeera on Fighting Piracy On The High Seas

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Found as Fighting Piracy On The High Seas : Piracy on the Malacca Strait, the waterway between Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, has histor...

Memorandum from the President on Maritime Security (Piracy) Policy

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President Bush has issued a memorandum on piracy at sea at Memorandum from the President : SUBJECT: Maritime Security (Piracy) Policy The at...
Thursday, June 14, 2007

Happy 232nd!

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232nd United States Army Birthday My dad started out in the Army. On horses. My father-in-law was a tanker. So to all of you who served or w...

Hugo Chavez and the World of Tomorrow: Venezuela sub force

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Venezuela needs submarines because? The Russians don't care why- they need a contract see Venezuela mulls purchase of Russian submarines...