http://en.redtram.com/ nosi.org Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:37:40 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 18919 | Geopolitics / Energy - Bova's Big Idea http://en.redtram.com/go/164189473/top100/ 164189473 Aviation Week and Space Technology - Ben Bova, the prolific sci-fi novelist, has a big idea for the next president - enlist NASA in a crash program to launch a commercially viable space solar power industry in the U.S. "before Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:38:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/164189473/top100/ 18921 | Indian Navy - Indian warships to be deployed in Gulf of Aden http://en.redtram.com/go/163613988/top100/ 163613988 India Today - India sends the frigate INS Ganga to mount its own anti-piracy patrol off of Somalia. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:26:56 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/163613988/top100/ 18932 | Royal Navy - Royal Navy seeks powers to arrest Somali pirates http://en.redtram.com/go/163595929/top100/ 163595929 Daily Telegraph - The Royal Navy could be given powers to seize Somalian pirates plaguing the Gulf of Aden and hand them over to the wartorn country's authorities. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:35:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/163595929/top100/ 28554 | French Navy - World First for Landing UAV Aboard a Ship http://en.redtram.com/go/163339301/top100/ 163339301 Defense Technology International - Another significant step for seabased unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) took place this weekend on the Mediterranean when a helicopter UAV was automatically landed on a French Navy frigate, the Montcalm. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:43:44 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/163339301/top100/ 158872 | Royal Marines - Royal Marines Whiskey Company Arrives In Sangin, Afghanistan http://en.redtram.com/go/163339300/top100/ 163339300 Defense Technology International - Royal Marines of Whiskey Company (45 Commando) relieved 2 PARA Battle Group at Sangin on October 10, 2008. The Royal Marines will operate in Helmand Province, Afghanistan from Sangin for the next six months. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:43:43 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/163339300/top100/ 18932 | Royal Navy - Navy to tackle Gulf pirates http://en.redtram.com/go/163086638/top100/ 163086638 The Observer - Britain is to send the frigate HMS Northumberland to combat piracy off the East African coast amid concerns that a spate of violent attacks on shipping could drive up oil prices. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:44:34 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/163086638/top100/ 18930 | Piracy - Somali pirates attack two more ships in Indian Ocean http://en.redtram.com/go/162829139/top100/ 162829139 Daily Telegraph - The piracy crisis that threatens to cripple vital shipping lines through the Indian Ocean has claimed fresh victims as Somali bandits attacked two more ships. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:07:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162829139/top100/ 18930 | Piracy - Yo Ho NATO! http://en.redtram.com/go/162553102/top100/ 162553102 Defense Technology International - The Standing NATO Maritime Group will begin anti-piracy operations off the Somali coast in two weeks. NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer told a press conference on 9 October, the first day of an informal Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:06:49 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162553102/top100/ 28554 | French Navy - More on the French Military Base in the UAE http://en.redtram.com/go/162270174/top100/ 162270174 Defense Technology International - Some details about France's new naval base at the port of Fujaira on the eastern seaboard of the UAE, which was opened very discreetly recently by the French navy. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:17:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162270174/top100/ 18939 | US Navy - U.S. Supreme Court hears case over sonar's effect on whales http://en.redtram.com/go/162000958/top100/ 162000958 Virginian Pilot - The Supreme Court Wednesday took up the dispute over whether the Navy's use of sonar off San Diego is harming whales.New York Times - Court Weighs Concerns on Whales and Military Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:56:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162000958/top100/ 18939 | US Navy - Fire on carrier GW was 'entirely preventable' http://en.redtram.com/go/161368206/top100/ 161368206 Virginian Pilot - The May fire aboard the carrier George Washington that injured 37 sailors, caused $70 million in damage and delayed the ship’s forward deployment to Japan was "entirely preventable," according to the Pacific Fleet commander in a final Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:26:29 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/161368206/top100/ 85428 | Afghanistan - A Manhunt or a Vital War? http://en.redtram.com/go/161368205/top100/ 161368205 New York Times - Robert D. Kaplan on why Afghanistan is more than a manhunt, and how it does matter, for reasons that have not been fully fleshed out by policy makers or the military. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:26:29 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/161368205/top100/ 18933 | Russian Navy - Russia's warships head for exercise with Venezuelan navy http://en.redtram.com/go/161218626/top100/ 161218626 The Times - Russia displayed its military strength in the Mediterranean yesterday after warships heading to Venezuela passed through the Strait of Gibraltar in the second deployment of Russian naval vessels in the waterway since the Cold War. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:36:28 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/161218626/top100/ 18930 | Piracy - Somali pirates stare down global superpowers http://en.redtram.com/go/161218621/top100/ 161218621 Associated Press - With a Russian frigate closing in and a half-dozen U.S. warships within shouting distance, the pirates holding a tanker off Somalia's coast might appear to have no other choice than to wave the white flag. But that's Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:36:28 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/161218621/top100/ 18938 | US Marines - Marines reassess equipment needs for Afghanista http://en.redtram.com/go/160968449/top100/ 160968449 Associated Press - High altitudes, dispersed battalions and restricted travel zones are among the serious challenges facing the Marines as it weighs the resources needed to perform its missions in Afghanistan where violence has escalated. Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:25:12 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/160968449/top100/ 18932 | Royal Navy - Cash strapped Navy cuts destroyer fleet http://en.redtram.com/go/160691047/top100/ 160691047 Daily Telegraph - The Royal Navy has mothballed almost half of its remaining fleet of destroyers as it desperately attempts to save money in the face of a plunging budget. Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:27:56 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/160691047/top100/ 18933 | Russian Navy - Russia to build eight nuclear submarines http://en.redtram.com/go/160390449/top100/ 160390449 Daily Telegraph - Russia is to build eight nuclear submarines by 2015 as part of an ambitious plan to overhaul the country's ailing navy. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:33:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/160390449/top100/ 18938 | US Marines - Digital Bullets for the Marines http://en.redtram.com/go/159982895/top100/ 159982895 Defense Technology International - The heart of future joint aviation plans pivots on where the services go with electronic attack and other network centric attack. A relatively small $125 million contract to Northrop Grumman may signal the direction of the Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:23:11 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159982895/top100/ 25436 | Port Security - To make sea traffic transparent http://en.redtram.com/go/159728771/top100/ 159728771 Scripps Howard - Thomas P.M. Barnett writes that one of the main problems in counterterrorism today is that there are so many people and vehicles, and so much data and material, moving through globalization's myriad networks that it seems virtually Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:27:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159728771/top100/ 18939 | US Navy - US surrounds hijacked tank ship http://en.redtram.com/go/159429346/top100/ 159429346 BBC - The US navy says it has deployed further vessels to surround a cargo ship loaded with 33 tanks and hijacked by pirates off Somalia last week. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:50:39 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/159429346/top100/