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)

Operations Other Than War - US sends in first aid, awaits green light on bigger Myanmar role - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Associated Press - The USS Essex Amphibious Ready Group is standing by to assist cyclone-devastated Burma, all it needs is permission to begin relief operations... US Navy - Marines, sailors prepare for possible operations in Burma.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/12/asia/AS-GEN-Myanmar-US-Military.php

US Navy - Navy Riverine Squadron Two returns to Norfolk today - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Virginian Pilot - Riverine Squadron Two, with 130 sailors, is expected to return to Norfolk today after nearly eight months on deployment in Iraq.
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/navy-riverine-squadron-two-returns-norfolk-today

Royal Navy - MoD ready to sign &163;3.9bn deal for two new aircraft carriers - (Found July 2, 2008 )

The Times - Doubts over the Government's plan to order two 65,000-tonne aircraft carriers were lifted yesterday when the Ministry of Defence announced that it was ready to sign the &163;3.9 billion contract. A full audit of the carrier programme, including an assessment of whether there will be enough crew and pilots to man the huge vessels, has been ordered by one of the MoD's senior military commanders.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/engineering/article3972220...

US Navy - Boeing building new submarine-hunting airliner - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Northwest Cable News - The Boeing 737 is the most popular airliner in the world, but Boeing is also building a militarized version.
http://www.nwcn.com/business/stories/NW_052008BUB_boeing_poseiden_KS.1240d2b4.html

Norwegian Navy - Skjold-class Littoral Combat Craft are now "Corvettes" - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Defense Technology International - Norway's futuristic, high-speed, next-generation surface-effect-ship naval craft are no longer being called "MTBs" or "FPBs" but now are officially designated to be "corvettes."
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckScript=...

Royal Navy - Royal Navy may share new carriers with France - (Found July 2, 2008 )

The Times - Two hundred years after the battle of Trafalgar, the Royal Navy could end up sharing the pride of its fleet with the French. Driven by spiralling budgets, the two navies began talks last week aimed at sharing their aircraft carriers.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3953901.ece

Operations Other Than War - Eyewitness: Ship barred from Burma - (Found July 2, 2008 )

BBC - The US navy aircraft carrier, USS Essex, is moored off the coast of Burma, prohibited by the military government from swinging into action to help cyclone victims. The BBC's Nick Bryant reports from aboard the ship.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7405695.stm

Operations Other Than War - Aid at the Point of a Gun - (Found July 2, 2008 )

New York Times - Robert Kaplan discusses whether countries should intervene militarily in order to provide humanitarian relief to the cyclone victims in Burma.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/opinion/14kaplan.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slog...

Operations Other Than War - US Ships in Frustrating Wait Off Burma's Coast to Deliver Aid - (Found July 2, 2008 )

VOA - Burma's government is denying entry to helicopters and relief supplies from U.S. Navy ships waiting offshore, near the Irawaddy Delta. Relief groups say as many as two million people remain in desperate need of food, water, medicines and other relief supplies following the storm on May 3 that killed nearly 78,000 people.
http://voanews.com/english/2008-05-17-voa1.cfm

Operations Other Than War - Britain Orders Warship to Deploy off Burma - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Irrawaddy - A British Royal Navy frigate has been ordered to stand by off Burma with emergency aid for the survivors of cyclone Nargis. The 4,900-ton HMS Westminster will join US and French warships waiting in international waters off the Burmese coast, ready to rush relief supplies to the Irrawaddy delta if instructed by the UN or invited by the Burmese regime.
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=12000