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Strategic Research Department
January 6, 2012
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Thought of the Week:
- "The Gerald R. Ford is just the first of her class," wrote Navy Captain Henry Hendrix and retired Marine Corps Lt. Col. Noel Williams in an article in the naval journal Proceedings last year. "She should also be the last."
INTERESTING
Leading Astray: Soft Kill Evolves to Counter New Anti-Ship Threats
Navies are investing in new countermeasures technologies to defeat the anti-ship missile threat
Jane's International Defence Review, December 14, 2011
(Video) Chinese Aircraft Carrier Video
4+ minute video of Chinese aircraft carrier returning to port found at one of China's most popular video-sharing websites December 27th. The website indicates the ship was returning from its third sea trail.
http://www.56.com/w58/play_album-aid-9139635_vid-NjU1NTkwODQ.html
WSJ, January 4, 2012
Journal of Energy Security, December 14, 2011
U.S. - AMERICAS
Policy Mic, December 20, 2011
The Navy is pursuing one of the most ambitious alternative energy programs in government
Government Executive, January 1, 2012
India Quarterly, Sep-Nov, 2011
The Diplomat, December 11, 2011
U.S. Department of Defense, November 2011
Dominican Today, December 14, 2011
A Spanish fishing vessel flying the Falkland Islands flag was barred from entering the alternative port of Punta del Este where she was planning to receive crewmembers. The news was confirmed by Uruguay’s Coast Guard
Merco Press, January 5, 2012
Policy Mic, January 4, 2012
The News (Portsmouth, UK), January 5, 2012
Financial Times (UK), January 2, 2012
UPI, December 13, 2011
Evo Morales Reiterates Bolivia's 'Maritime Aspirations' During Participation in Summit
La Tercera, December 3, 2011
PIRACY
Maritime Executive, December 21, 2011
CYBER
CNBC, December 15, 2011
The National (UAE), December 15, 2011
Market Watch, December 19, 2011
NATO, December 13-15, 2011
European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), December 19, 2011
Strategic Studies Insititute, U.S. Army War College, December 19, 2011
Chinese analysts are writing about how their country should approach what one author calls "cyber war mobilization"
Atlantic Monthly, December 28, 2011
The Yomiuri Shimbun, January 4, 2012
ENERGY
The Navy is pursuing one of the most ambitious alternative energy programs in government
Government Executive, January 1, 2012
Journal of Energy Security, December 14, 2011
Journal of Energy Security, December 14, 2011
Journal of Energy Security, December 14, 2011
CLIMATE CHANGE - ENVIRONMENT - ARCTIC - ANTARCTIC
Maritime Executive, December 14, 2011
The Arctic Institute, December 23, 2011
The researchers behind the budding Ocean Health Index recognize the hubris of trying to summarize everything from water quality to fishing status to recreation in a single number, but they maintain it’s a necessarily audacious move
Miller-Mccune, December 13, 2011
SHIPBUILDING/SHIPPING/SCRAPPING
Maritime Executive, December 21, 2011
Marine Log, November 23, 2011
Metal Bulletin, January 4, 2012
Maritime Journal, December 19, 2011
The costs associated with meeting the upcoming Water Ballast Management Convention (WBC) could prompt a fresh round of VLCC scrapping, a top shipbroker has said
Trade Winds, December 19, 2011
RUSSIA
Russia Seen Preparing 'Appropriate Response' for Possible Strike on Iran
Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, December 15, 2011
Russian Law Enforcement Discovers Two 'Pirated' Submarines at Sevmash
Nasha Versiya, December 12, 2011
The Voice of Russia, December 19, 2011
Daily Record (UK), December 15 2011
Barents Observer, January 2, 2012
Black Sea Fleet's Novorossiysk Naval Base Expected To Be Ready in 2014
BFM.Ru (Moscow), December 16, 2011
Aviation Week, December 19, 2011
INDIA
The Sunday Guardian, December 4, 2011
UPI, January 5, 2011
Journal of Energy Security, December 14, 2011
EUROPE
DoD Buzz, January 6, 2012
- Secretary Panetta and the U.K.‘s secretary of state for defence, Phillip Hammond, signed an agreement Thursday that will help the Royal Navy get ready for its two forthcoming but controversial aircraft carriers.
Croatian Navy's Anti-Ship Missiles Declared Unusable for Lack of Overhauls
Slobodna Dalmacija, November 29, 2011
ASIA/PACIFIC
The Australian navy plans to recruit up to 1,000 Royal Navy sailors facing redundancy under the Government’s defence cuts
The Telegraph, December 27, 2011
Since the Cheonan and Yeonpyeong incidents in 2010, the South Korean armed forces have embarked on defence reforms to strengthen their capabilities. The reforms, however, have placed the Navy in a strategic dilemma
RSIS, December 12, 2011
Japan - A Multitude of Challenges
Bureau of Intelligence & Research, U.S. Department of State, November 30, 2011
Army-Navy Club, November 30, 2011
The Jakarta Post, December 21, 2011
The Sunday Guardian, December 4, 2011
INDIA OCEAN
Eurasia Review, December 13, 2011
Eurasia Review, January 4, 2012
MIDDLE EAST
Iran and the Strait of Hormuz
Stratfor, October 2009
- Editor's Note: Though this article was originally published in October 2009, the ongoing debate over Iran's capabilities and intentions gives lasting relevance to the analysis within. Media reports continue to focus on efforts to disrupt Tehran's efforts to construct nuclear weapons, but the international community has a much greater strategic interest in ensuring the flow of oil through the Iranian-controlled Strait of Hormuz.
Associated Press, December 29, 2011
Time, December 28, 2011
Israel is reinstating one of its Dolphin-class submarines; Gantz gives Chief of Staff awards to covert Flotilla 13, Maglan units
Jerusalem Post, December 19, 2011
New IDF command will work with special operations units, oversee their covert operations
Jerusalem Post, December 18, 2011
Military's urban warfare center to feature its very own 'enemy forces' to assist troops' training
Ynetnews, December 20, 2011
Journal of Energy Security, December 14, 2011
CHINA-UNITED STATES / AMERICAS
PRC Military Expert Discusses Motives of US Readjustment of Asia-Pacific Strategy
The United States is striving to build a political-economic framework that favors US interests through forceful military measures, and thus build a security structure that protects and favors the United States and ensure the stability of the United States' hegemonic standing
Liaowang, November 28, 2011
By National Defense University Professor Han Xudong
Latest Development of Space Warfare as Seen in Space Operations Exercises (U.S. Space Exercises From PRC Point of View)
Hangtian Dianzi Duikang, June 1, 2011
CHINA-ASIA
Mainichi Daily News, December 19, 2011
Policing the Waves
Having recently gained sole responsibility for policing the country's offshore waters, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency is now facing up to the challenges of an ageing fleet, manpower shortages and budget cuts. Dzirhan Mahadzir reports
Jane's Navy International, December 29, 2011
CHINA MILITARY AND DEFENSE
Security Middle East, November 11, 2011
Analysis: China May Be Heading for a Hard Landing
The seemingly unstoppable growth of China will become exposed to fiscal strains in 2012, with the PLA standing to lose out on billions. Trefor Moss reports
Jane's Defence Weekly, December 23, 2011
China's Anti-Missile Capabilities Approach Advanced International Standards
Wen Wei Po, November 23, 2011
Chinese Army Revamps Department for Military Training
People's Daily, December 21, 2011
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90785/7684149.html
Defence Professionals / PLA Daily, December 19, 2011
China To Improve Militia Management
Xinhua, December 15, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2011-12/15/c_131309033.htm
Sichuan University's Establishment of China's 10th National Institute of State Secrets and National Security Education
Chengdu Sichuan Zaixian, September 30, 2011
Transformation in PLA Planning Reflects Hu Jintao's Strategy for Building the Military (Op-Ed)
Ta Kung Pao, November 24, 2011
CHINA: Navy-Naval-Maritime
(Video) Chinese Aircraft Carrier Video
4+ minute video of Chinese aircraft carrier returning to port found at one of China's most popular video-sharing websites December 27th. The website indicates the ship was returning from its third sea trail.
http://www.56.com/w58/play_album-aid-9139635_vid-NjU1NTkwODQ.html
Chosun Ilbo, January 6, 2012
Expert Interpretation: It Will Take 8 to 10 Years for Aircraft Carrier to Become Combat Capable
Wen Wei Po, November 30, 2011
(Video) PLA Naval Escort Flotilla Conducts Refueling Near Malacca Strait
CCTV-Xinwen, November 9, 2011
(Video) PLA Navy's North Sea Fleet Conducts Missile Boat Drill
CCTV News, January 3, 2012
Navy Tests New Torpedoes Aimed at Submarine-Towed Targets
Target obliterated without the slightest damage to the submarine
Jiefangjun Bao, December 2, 2011
PLA Navy Submarine Flotilla Pushes Forward Normalization of Ocean Training
Jiefangjun Bao, December 6, 2011
PRC Military Expert on Chinese Navy's Long-Range Military Exercises at East Sea
Wen Wei Po, December 5, 2011
PRC Military Expert Notes 'Synergetic Link' Between China's Navy, Economy
Feng Huang Wei Shih Tzu Hsun Tai (Hong Kong), December 7, 2011
PLA NSF Organizes Theater Joint Operations Training With Other Services
Renmin Haijun, October 28, 2011
Those trying to understand China’s naval ambitions should be wary of the tacticization of strategy. Sea power isn’t just about the latest hardware
The Diplomat, December 10, 2011
CHINA: Space - Army - Air Force- 2nd Artillery – EW – Logistics – Joint – Cyber – Reserves/Militia, etc…
Today Online (Singapore), December 30, 2011
Information Office of the State Council, The People's Republic of China
December 2011, Beijing
PRC Book Excerpt: Foreword, Postscript of GSD Communications Dept's C4ISR Handbooks
PLA Publishing House (Jiefangjun Chubanshe), 2010
Summary: JFJB on 'System of Systems,' Overall, Joint Operation Capabilities
Jiefangjun Bao, August 18, 2011
2nd Artillery Training Base Blue Force Battalion 'Informatized'
Jiefangjun Bao, December 15, 2011
Summary: JFJB on 'Executive Power' and 'System of Systems' Combat Power
Jiefangjun Bao, December 15, 2011
Summary: JFJB Presents Thoughts on PLA Military Training Reform
Jiefangjun Bao, August 11, 2011
Images Hint At Chinese Y-8 ELINT Variant
Jane's Defence Weekly, January 5, 2012
Integrated Protection of Near Space Early Warning Platforms
Hangtian Dianzi Duikang, June 1, 2011
Wall Street Journal, December 28, 2011
Chinese Geographic Services, Technology Have Improved: Forum
Xinhua, December 19, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2011-12/19/c_131315684.htm
CHINA: Geo-Pol-Economic
China to Militarise Commercial Technology with New Research Centre
Jane's Defence Industry, December 9, 2011
Analysis: China May Be Heading for a Hard Landing
The seemingly unstoppable growth of China will become exposed to fiscal strains in 2012, with the PLA standing to lose out on billions. Trefor Moss reports
Jane's Defence Weekly, December 23, 2011
The 130 million people who are left behind in China’s rural areas are posing a severe challenge to the country’s food security -- for the food producers as much as consumers. The conundrum of the abandoned farmers and farmland may have global implications.
RSIS, December 12, 2011
ETC…
Science Daily, December 16, 2011
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