NOSI - Naval Open Source Intelligence

Naval Open Source Intelligence is a digital library of world naval operational news curated from open source intelligence by Michael P. D'Alessandro, M.D. (www.nosi.org)

French Navy - Burma Denounces Warship - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Bangkok Post - The Burmese military junta showed signs of paranoia on Friday, denouncing a French naval ship packed with 1,500 tonnes of food aid, with aircraft capable of delivering it, as a "warship" standing off its coast. France said a demand to deliver the aid through Rangoon airport was nonsense.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/topstories/topstories.php?id=127695

Royal Navy - Defence chiefs have last-minute doubts about &163;4bn carriers - (Found July 2, 2008 )

The Times - They were meant to be the pride and joy of Britains 21st-century fleet, an emblem of its pre-eminence as a military and diplomatic power. But last night it emerged that the imminent announcement of the commissioning of two aircraft carriers at a total cost of &163;4 billion has left some of the countrys senior military leaders deeply unhappy.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3950049.ece

Royal New Zealand Navy - Protector Fleet Comes Together - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Defense Technology International - The New Zealand navy has just launched the third of four Inshore Patrol Vessels (IPVs), the Pukaki, marking another step in the countrys plan to field seven Protector fleet ships before year end.
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckScript=...

Iraq - The Surge and Beyond - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Harvard Political Review - Former CENTCOM Commander Anthony Zinni discusses the future of Iraq and more.
http://hprsite.squarespace.com/the-surge-and-beyond-042008/

Air Warfare - Air Combat by Remote Control - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Wall Street Journal - Another look at how the Predator is changing the way the US Air Force operates.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121055519404984109.html

US Navy - Kitty Hawk Leaves Japan for Decommissioning - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Associated Press - The oldest active ship in the U.S. Navy, the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier, made its final departure from Japan on Wednesday to be decommissioned after nearly half a century of service.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/28/AR2008052801172.html

Operations Other Than War - Navy ships likely to leave Myanmar - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Associated Press - The senior commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific says the Navy probably will withdraw a group of naval vessels from waters off the coast of Myanmar within days unless the government allows the ships to offload their relief supplies for cyclone victims.
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=116&sid=1177265

Russian Navy - NATO submarine "mates" with Russian rescue system - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Russian Navy - A Russian rescue system coupled with a NATO submarine for the first time on Wednesday in a joint exercise off Norway.
http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/05/28/europe/OUKWD-UK-RUSSIA-NATO-SUBMARINES.php

US Navy - Obsessed with tactics - The Navy neglects the importance of operational art - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Armed Forces Journal - The Navy today is overly focused on the tactical employment of its combat forces, in its doctrine and practice. This might not be a problem in case of a conflict with numerically and technologically inferior forces. However, the Navy would have a much greater problem and possibly suffer a major defeat in a war with a relatively strong opponent that better balances the employment of his forces at the tactical and operational levels of war. The Navys superior technology and.
http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2008/05/3434637

Royal Navy - HMS Superb nuclear submarine damaged in Red Sea crash - (Found July 2, 2008 )

The Times - A British nuclear-powered submarine was damaged when it collided with rocks in the Red Sea
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2039528/HMS-Superb-nuclear-submarine-damaged-in-Red...