Thursday, December 01, 2011

Armed Security Guards at Sea: Greek Sailor Unions Say "No!"

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Reported here and as news at Safety at Sea Weekly : The Panhellenic Seamen’s Federation announced yesterday that the bill “does not tackl...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Somali Pirate Attacks and Warnings (to 30 Nov 11)

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NATO Shipping Center Map, my arrows. Numbers refer to Alerts/Warnings From NATO Shipping Center at All Alerts : Alert 243 / 201130/11/2...

Another Large U.S. Natural Gas Discovery?

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Geology.com asks, "Utica Shale - The Natural Gas Giant Below the Marcellus?" : The Utica Shale is a rock unit located a few thous...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Mystery Iranian Ship Off India Draws Protest

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Reported as Concerns grow over armed Iranian ship : (emphasis added) Arrow points to Lakshadweep Islands A mysterious Iranian ship, anch...
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Monday, November 28, 2011

"They Hate Your Job"

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Fred Fry nails it with his post You're Not Going to Get Job Stimulus From Democrats - They Hate Your Job : One of the hated jobs Oth...

Monday Read: Border War

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The drug and illegal alien troubles on the border with Mexico are the topic of a disturbing post at Herschel Smith's The Captain's ...
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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Logistics into Afghanistan

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Source: US TRANSCOM Credit: Alyson Hurt/NPR Preceding the latest contretemps with Pakistan but after some discussions on Midrats about ...

Somali Pirates: Shipping Alerts

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Arrows point to areas of interest (NATO Shipping Center map, my arrows) (updated 28 Nov 11) NATO Shipping Center alerts found here : UPD...
Friday, November 25, 2011

Somali Pirates: Counter-Pirate Forces Short of EU Ships - Budget Issues

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Too expensive to use for the designed purpose Reported here : The European Union(EU)’s anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia is p...
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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Take the Day Off, It's Time for Giving Thanks

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All of us have something to be thankful for, even it sometimes seems that we carry heavy burdens in hard times. Count your blessings. If y...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Somali Pirates: The Past 30 Days

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From the NATO Shipping Center All Alerts . The most recent incidents: Arrow points to Alert 239 (NATO map, my arrow) ALERT 239 21/11/20...
Monday, November 21, 2011

Strait of Malacca Maritime Security: DoD-funded Integrated Maritime Surveillance System

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An announcement from the U.S. Department of State DoD-funded Integrated Maritime Surveillance System : Fact Sheet Office of the Spokespers...
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China and the Obama Pacific Front

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The revised United States Pacific approach, as announced by President Obama in his recent Remarks By President Obama to the Australian Parli...
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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Midrats Episode 98 Tom Bowman with the Darkhorse in Afghanistan

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Join us Sunday, 20 Nov 11 at 5 pm (Eastern U.S.) for Episode 98 Tom Bowman with the Darkhorse in Afghanistan on Blog Talk Radio : For those...
Friday, November 18, 2011

Truth to Power

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This is a blog that mostly deals with maritime and national security. However, in addition to sea piracy, there are people out there who hij...
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Somali Pirates: The One Skiff Pirate Attack Group

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From today's NATO Shipping Center Alerts : ALERT 238 18/11/2011 04:50 12.55 43.55 Attacked WARNING WARNING WARNING AT 0450Z 18 NOV A ...

Is Italy a Failing State?

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Given its economic situation, an interesting question posed in The End of Italy - By David Gilmour at Foreign Policy The government's p...
Thursday, November 17, 2011

Trend Lines

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Chinese Shipping company Freezing Payments . Baltic Dry Index: Flash Player 9 or higher is required to view the chart Click here to do...
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

A Fighting Small Boat Swarms Idea

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Raytheon photo Robert Wall, an Aviation Week reporter blogs from the Dubai Air Show on an approach to fighting small boat swarms here : ...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Defense Spending Questions

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Aviation Week notes a lot of hype about defense cuts, asks most of the right questions in its editorial on Defense Spending Debate Misses Th...