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National Defense March 2009 Frodl & Manoyan |
Hijacked Super Tanker Exposes Vulnerability of Energy Supplies The hijacking on the high seas by Somali pirates of a super tanker carrying 2 million barrels of crude oil destined for the United States created many troubling precedents and makes the vulnerability of energy supplies quite clear. |
Reason July 2009 Veronique de Rugy |
Paying the Pirate's Price Do the economics of piracy demand the privatization of the sea? |
Smithsonian August 2007 Paul Raffaele |
The Pirate Hunters Though buccaneering is back with a vengeance, stepped-up law enforcement and high-tech tools are helping protect shipping on the high seas. |
National Defense April 2010 Frodl & Manoyan |
Somali Piracy Tactics Evolve; Threats Could Expand Globally Underwriters and shippers are as concerned about what the United States and other powers won't do against Somali pirates, as they are about what the pirates will do against ships they insure, own and operate. |
National Defense August 2012 Sandra Erwin |
Security Firms Divided Over How to Succeed in the Anti-Piracy Business Over the past several years, successful ship hijackings have begun to take a toll on the world's economy as Somalia-based pirates have expanded their area of influence beyond the East Coast of Africa, analysts said. |
Popular Mechanics September 29, 2008 David Axe |
4 Fronts for Pirate-Navy Battle as U.S. Descends on Captured Ship The U.S. Navy's response to a pirated small arms cargo vessel may signal a new stage in the cat-and-mouse game of modern-day piracy. |
AskMen.com |
Fishermen Overpower Pirates The crew of two Egyptian fishing vessels overpowered Somali pirates after being held hostage for four months and, with machetes and tools, killed at least two pirates before sailing to freedom, a pirate and businessman said Friday. |
Wired June 22, 2009 Scott Carney |
An Economic Analysis of the Somali Pirate Business Model The rough fishermen of the so-called Somali coast guard are unrepentant criminals, yes, but they're more than that. They're innovators. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2009 Monica Heger |
Technology vs. Pirates Unmanned aircraft may be the best bet to fight Somalian piracy. |
National Defense December 2012 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Piracy: A Threat to Maritime Security and the Global Economy One of the least understood global security threats is the ongoing struggle to contain piracy off Somalia, in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. |
National Defense May 2012 Michael G. Frodl |
Pirates Exploiting Cybersecurity Weaknesses in Maritime Industry The increasingly common hacking attacks on government and private computer networks are now being perpetrated on companies and organizations involved in the burgeoning private maritime security industry. |
National Defense November 2010 Michael G. Frodl |
Attack Against Oil Tanker Shows Why Terrorists and Pirates May Join Forces One night in late July, the Mitsui-owned MV M. Star, a Japanese oil tanker laden with crude and headed for Japan, experienced a "blast" against its hull as it approached the Strait of Hormuz. |
The Motley Fool April 14, 2009 Rich Smith |
Raytheon vs. Pirates It's time to get Active (Denial System) about the threat to merchant shipping. |
National Defense December 2011 Stew Magnuson |
Marines to Build Mock Container Ship for Counter-Piracy Training The Marine Corps is planning to build a three-story mock container ship on a plot of land at Camp Lejeune, N.C., so special operators can practice clearing out pirates from hijacked vessels. |
Popular Mechanics October 31, 2007 Erik Sofge |
Robot Boats Hunt High-Tech Pirates on the High-Speed Seas Piracy has exploded in nearby waters and their booty is high-tech communication gear. |
Reason July 2008 Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Pirates Ahoy! Piracy -- the sort involving eye patches and parrots, not folks who sell bootleg DVDs -- has been on the upswing in recent years. |
CIO November 15, 2002 Tom Wailgum |
Where the Pirates Are A website helps shippers with information about where pirating and robberies frequently occur. |
The Motley Fool October 8, 2009 Rich Smith |
Stupid Pirate Tricks As the recent La Somme incident suggests, there just might be an easy solution to the Somali pirate problem. |
AskMen.com |
Pirates Release German Ship Somali pirates released a German freighter after a ransom was paid Monday, nearly four months after the ship was seized in the Indian Ocean. |
The Motley Fool December 1, 2009 David Williamson |
Invest in Your Favorite Somali Pirate Somali pirates have set up a functional stock market, with each gang as a company. |
National Defense April 2009 Michael G. Frodl |
Energy-Related Security Crises Coming Sooner Than Expected Anyone who is still agnostic about the need to diversify energy sources should look at what happened in Europe this winter. |
National Defense January 2004 Harold Kennedy |
U.S.-Led Coalition Seeks To Block Weapon Shipments The United States and 10 other nations have embarked upon a controversial plan to limit the spread of weapons of mass destruction by blocking suspect shipments by air, land or sea. |
The Motley Fool May 19, 2011 Rich Smith |
Help Wanted: Pirates Piracy off the Somali coast is taking a heavy toll on shippers such as DryShips and Frontline. Which defense stock will be first to profit from the piracy problem? |
Reason June 2009 Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Blackbeard Economics The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates, by Peter T. Leeson, gives an insight into the surprising, and surprisingly tame, self-organization of pirates. |
National Defense June 2007 Stew Magnuson |
Port Security Around Singapore Critical to World Economy For a small nation with no natural resources or agricultural industry, maritime and port security are essential to the nation's economic well-being. And security in the straits has global implications. |
National Defense January 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Maritime 'Target Drones' Used In Counter-Piracy Training As pirates continue to use small boats to swarm and hijack cargo ships, naval forces increasingly will be employing unmanned systems to help train merchant seaman to fend off attackers. |
National Defense March 2011 Grace V. Jean |
Aluminum 'Truck' Joint High Speed Vessel: Great Potential, But Questions Remain The Defense Department this decade will build a fleet of new high-speed aluminum ships specifically designed to shuttle hundreds of troops and tons of cargo around a theater of operations. Analysts say the joint high speed vessel would alleviate pressures on an overtaxed fleet. |
National Defense November 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Homeland Security Policies Overlook Essential Issues, Says Shipping Executive Security industry soothsayers have been sounding alarms about the prospect of a nuclear or biological weapon reaching U.S. shores in a shipping container. |
Salon.com July 2, 2002 Stephanie Zacharek |
"The Pirate Hunter" by Richard Zacks A thrilling and tragic new book about Captain Kidd reveals that the infamous buccaneer was actually a man of honor wrongly accused. |
National Defense November 2005 Harold Kennedy |
Navy's High-Speed Vessel Aids Relief Effort The HSV-2 Swift may be a forerunner of a next-generation fleet of fast, shallow-draft American-built transports capable of operating close along the shorelines of the world's hot spots. |
Wired June 2002 Richard Martin |
The New Supertanker Plague Blame it on super-rust, a virulent form of corrosion that has destroyed hundreds of ships and could sink the oil industry... |
HBS Working Knowledge October 21, 2013 Kim Girard |
Missing the Wave in Ship Transport Despite a repeating boom-bust cycle in the shipping industry, owners seem to make the same investment mistakes over time. Can other cyclical industries learn the lessons of the high seas? |
National Defense June 2006 David Axe |
Navy's Smallest Fighting Ships Prove Littoral Warfare Concepts The Navy's smallest fighting ships -- 180-ft Cyclone-class patrol boats -- are blazing the way for a future fleet of littoral combat ships. |
National Defense January 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Ships' Cost Could Sink Plans For Floating Military Bases The success of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps forward-looking concept of deploying bases at sea relies heavily on the development of a new class of cargo ships. |
America's Civil War Glenn F. Williams |
Uncle Sam's Webfeet Organization and training were essential to coordinate the activities of the hundreds of men who crewed a Union man-of-war. |
National Defense July 2010 Stew Magnuson |
DHS Cruise Ship Protection Efforts Given High Marks Cruise ships have been the targets of terrorist actions in the past, most notably the 1985 attack on the Achille Lauro, which resulted in the death of American passenger Leon Klinghoffer. |
National Defense September 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Duty Aboard the Littoral Combat Ship: 'Grueling but Manageable' The Navy will soon decide which version of the Littoral Combat Ship it will buy. Selecting the ship model, however, is only the beginning of what could be a long, arduous adjustment for sailors who will be serving aboard these new vessels. |
Wired January 2002 Jeff Howe |
The Next Wave Taller, sleeker, and much, much faster, it was the finest invention ever to issue from America's shores. Welcome to the "new economy" of the clipper ship... |
National Defense June 2011 Stew Magnuson |
East/West Divide Grows In the International Navy Shipbuilding Business Despite the current economic slump, the worldwide market for navy ships is expected to grow, market analysts said. |
Popular Mechanics January 13, 2010 Joe Pappalardo |
Tragedy in Haiti: The American Response When calamity on the level of Haiti's earthquake strikes, the first U.S. responders bear a heavy load. Outnumbered and overwhelmed, Navy sailors, Coast Guardsmen and professional urban rescue teams will be some of the first to save lives amid the rubble. |
National Defense June 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Cooperation key to expanding Coast Guard's reach The Defense Department's Northern Command and the Coast Guard are organizing a maritime domain awareness "community of interest." |
National Defense August 2011 Eric Beidel |
Nation Uses Sensor to Take Aim at Pirates An island country off the east coast of Africa has turned to an L-3 Communications imaging system for help in its fight against pirates. |
National Defense January 2004 Geoff S. Fein |
Fast Cargo Ships Could Halve Trans-Atlantic Trips FastShip Inc., a Philadelphia-based ship design firm, plans to build a high-speed cargo vessel that can cut trans-Atlantic travel time in half. FastShip is a partner with Lockheed Martin in the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship program. |
National Defense April 2008 Sandra I. Erwin |
As the Cost of Sailors Rises, Navy Finds Ways to Get Them Off Ships Navy ships in the future may go to sea with fewer, but perhaps happier sailors. |
National Defense February 2005 Harold Kennedy |
Commandos Help Stop Weapons Smugglers on High Seas Special operators are playing an active, but low-key part in the proliferation security initiative, which the United States launched in 2003 to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction. |
National Defense April 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Littoral Combat Ship Sets Sail on First Deployment As the littoral combat ship USS Freedom sets out for Singapore this spring, Navy officials are hoping a smooth first deployment will finally prove the ship's worth to critics. |
National Defense March 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Builders of the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship Pull Out All the Stops When the Navy later this year picks a winner to build its littoral combat ship, no matter which contractor is selected, the decision will be seen as a turning point for the troubled program. |
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Moon Ihlwan |
Monsters on the High Seas As China's exports swell, Korea and Japan are launching gargantuan container ships. |
National Defense August 2014 Valerie Insinna |
Low Inventory, Low Readiness Plague Amphibious Ship Fleet Amphibious ships are among the most highly demanded vessels in the Navy's fleet, according to Expeditionary Force 21, the Marine Corps plan for its future force. |
National Defense June 2006 Grace Jean |
Coast Guard begins to tackle complex surveillance mission Multiple initiatives have been set in motion to develop better ship monitoring systems, but financial constraints could delay or prevent such efforts. |