Monday, November 24, 2014

On that "Third Offset Strategy"

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Secretary of Defense Hagel recently laid out a new "third offset"strategy : U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday outli...

Future War Thoughts from Japan: Longer Range Fighters Rule?

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Aviation Week reports Japan is looking at a big, long-range fighter to defeat superior numbers : TRDI Flying far is more important tha...
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Saturday, November 22, 2014

Saturday Is Heinlein Quote Day #34

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Reason is poor propaganda when opposed by the yammering, unceasing lies of shrewd and evil and self-serving men. Assignment in Eternity...
Friday, November 21, 2014

On Midrats 23 November 14: "Episode 255: Commanding the Seas -the Surface Force with Bryan Clark from CSBA"

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Please join us on Sunday, 23 November 2014 at 5pm (US EST) for Episode 255: Commanding the Seas - the Surface Force with Bryan Clark from ...

Friday Fun Film: Navy Day (1946)

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How many modern weapons have been developed from what you see in this short clip honoring Navy Day! Officers of tomorrow's navy trai...
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Thursday, November 20, 2014

Small Wars: Max Boot on the Future Wars of Insurgencies

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Foreign Affairs has Max Boot on More Small Wars: Counterinsurgency Is Here to Stay
 : If only a nation as powerful and vulnerable as the U...

If you are interested in the situation in Yemen

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If you are interested in the situation in Yemen, there's no better web resource than Jane Novak's Armies of Liberation . Go see ...

UN Wants Action - Authorizes Use of Naval Force to Stop the Charcoal Trade that Funds The Terrorist Group Al Shabab

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Looks like the naval vessels operating off the Somali coast on piracy patrols under UN auspices will be tacking on a new mission: attempti...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Disaster Prep Wednesday: Trapped in Car Due to Blizzard?

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What if you are on the road and there's a big, honkin' "Monster Winter Storm" ? And you are stuck in your car and are so...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Al Qaeda Threatens Ocean Chokepoints! Again! Okay maybe the third or fourth time. Or more.

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It seems Al Qaeda puts out a "slick" publicity flyer called "Resurgence" and in its latest issue there's an article ...

South China Sea Fuel Pirates: More and More

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Interesting article from the Eurasia Review "Syphoning Confidence: Piracy And Fuel Theft In Southeast Asia" : Most serious i...
Monday, November 17, 2014

Somali Pirates - An interesting look at the problem

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 Got an email suggesting that my readers might be interested in looking at information about a movie and interactive web site. While I n...
Saturday, November 15, 2014

Saturday Is Heinlein Quote Day #33

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Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do. Waldo & Magic, Inc. (1950)
Friday, November 14, 2014

Video: Cruisers and Pirates Don't Mix Well

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gCaptain has a video up here with commentary. Seems like an older video that first appeared on YouTube in 2012. Really not much of myst...
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On Midrats 16 November 14, "Episode 254: John A. Nagl: 13 Years into the War"

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 Please join us on Sunday, 16 November 2014 at 5pm (EST, US) for Midrats Episode 254: John A. Nagl: 13 Years into the War : 13 years in...

Friday Fun Film: "Carrier Action Off Korea (1954)"

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Naval aviation during the Korean War is the subject of this 1954 documentary. Part 1 begins with footage of the armistice signed on 27 July...
Thursday, November 13, 2014

Egypt: Naval Vessel Attacked at Sea - Terrorism or Smugglers?

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Attack on a Egyptian naval unit reported as "8 navy personnel missing after boat attack" : The Egyptian armed forces destroyed fo...

Sea Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea: Not Going Away

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Maritime Security firm Nexus Consulting President Kevin Doherty discusses the current state of piracy in this BoombergTV video here . Se...
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