Friday, March 31, 2017

Friday Fun Film: "The Powers of Congress"(1947)

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Seems like a good time to show this old Coronet film: They thought this was surrealistic back in the day. I sorta think Congress is su...
Thursday, March 30, 2017

What's Faster than "Hypersonic?"

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Scary headline: Russia creates 'unstoppable' hypersonic Zircon missile with Navy destroying 4,600mph speed but the remainder of the...
Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Oil Prices - A Russian Vulnerability?

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Recent days have seen the reports of new discoveries of oil and gas, including off-shore UK : Explorer Hurricane Energy has declared the “...
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

China's Century of Humilation

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It is important to understand the history of a rising power, especially one seeking its "proper" place in the world - a place deni...
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Monday, March 27, 2017

U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence Worldwide Threat to Shipping (WTS) Report 20 February - 22 March 2017 and Horn of Africa/Gulf of Guinea/ Southeast Asia: Piracy Analysis and Warning Weekly (PAWW) Report for 16 - 22 March 2017

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Yes, two reports from the U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence- because its the time of year when conditions for piracy might be expected ...

China's Naval Militia

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Very interesting read from Andrew S. Erickson and Conor M. Kennedy for the U.S. Naval War College's Chinese Maritime Studies Institute o...
Sunday, March 26, 2017

Somali Pirates Go Hunting, Grab a Dhow to Use for Longer Range Operations

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Let's suppose you are at Somali pirate "High Command" and for 5 years you've been doing some "lessons learned" r...
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Saturday, March 25, 2017

Saturday Is Old Radio Day: Philo Vance "Cheesecake Murder Case" (1949)

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About Mr. Vance : Philo Vance is a fictional character featured in 12 crime novels written by S. S. Van Dine (the pen name of Willard H...
Friday, March 24, 2017

On Midrats 26 March 2017- Episode 377: Too Many SWOs at Sea?

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Please join us at 5pm on 27 March 2017 for Midrats Episode 377: Too Many SWOs at Sea? When is there ever too much of a good thing? Is ou...

Friday Movie: "Land the Landing Force" (1967)

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Once upon a time:
Wednesday, March 22, 2017

From the Department of Cheaper War Fighting: "A Ship that Still Isn't a Frigate" - byThink Defence

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A while ago, Think Defence took on the task of thinking through what sorts of uses could be made of ships built for trade by an armed force ...
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Fun with North Korea: Again with the "Sea of Fire"

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A video put out by the NORKS (uploaded to YouTube by ZeroHedge) "demonstrating" (nice word that, since it attempts to "demoni...
Monday, March 20, 2017

U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence Worldwide Threat to Shipping (WTS) Report 13 February - 15 March 2017

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Of special interest this week - 1. the first ship hijacking off Somalia since 2012 (but note that last week there were reports of small boa...
Saturday, March 18, 2017

Saturday Is Old Radio Day: The Mel Blanc Show "The New Radio" (1946)

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You imagine that some genius thought it was a wonderful idea to put the "man with a thousand voices" into a radio situation comedy...
Friday, March 17, 2017

On Midrats 19 March 2017, Episode 376: WESTPAC's Progress with Toshi Yosihara

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Please join us at 5pm EDT on 19 March 2017 for Midrats Episode 376: WESTPAC's Progress with Toshi Yosihara While a new American Presi...

Friday Fun Film: "Mr. Push-a-Button" (1961)

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Well, I personally can attest that few months in the world of the "Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility" world is more that enough....
Thursday, March 16, 2017

Somali pirates let go the tanker they "caught"

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Fox News and AP report Somali pirates who seized oil tanker release it without conditions" Pirates who seized a Comoros-flagged oil...
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

They're Back! Somali Pirates Grab Ship, Make Demands

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I think we've seen this failed state/"everybody is robbing us" movie before. VOA report Seized Oil Tanker with 8 Crew Anchored...
Monday, March 13, 2017

It's been that kind of day . . .

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Some excellent cross examination: ic The practical use of the study of history. With apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan:

U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence Worldwide Threat to Shipping (WTS) Report 6 February - 8 March 2017

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Apparently some sort of armed folks are back and bobbing about in the Gulf of Aden: U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence Worldwide Thre...