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Piracy and the Rules of Engagement

anthonymdavis — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:48:50 +0000

Each day there seems to be new reports of piracy near the coast of Somalia. The pirates have learned over time that a hostile takeover of an unwitting crew and cargo is big business. With each successful attack, they get their prize – ransom. In the past, smaller cargo and fishing vessels transiting isolated shipping lanes [...]

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Piracy and the Rules of Engagement

Maritime Casualties and the Impact to Homeland Security

anthonymdavis — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:57:30 +0000

Shortly after 1:30 A.M. of July 23, 2008, two vessels were transiting the Mississippi River. The Motor Tanker TINTOMARA, a 600-foot tanker was heading down river on a transit that seemed perfect for the early morning sail. The sky was clear with a three-quarter moon, 82 degrees with a light wind and ten-mile visibility. Lighting [...]

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Maritime Casualties and the Impact to Homeland Security

WEAPONS TIGHT: Boyd’s Loop and a critical weakness in Naval Force Protection

Eric Maudsley — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:05:37 +0000

Current U.S. Navy waterborne Force Protection doctrine, as promulgated in NWP 3.10 Naval Coastal Warfare relies heavily on the concept of a layered defense-in-depth concept provided by three distinct zones around the asset being protected. These are the assessment, warning, and threat zones, concentric rings around the asset which alter the level of threat and [...]

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WEAPONS TIGHT: Boyd’s Loop and a critical weakness in Naval Force Protection

Terrorism’s Effect on Maritime Shipping

Roger Tomberlin — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:57:52 +0000

By: Roger L. Tomberlin In the first years of the nineteenth century, Mediterranean pirates, with the support of the Barbary States of northern Africa, would capture merchant ships, terrorize their crews, and hold the ship for ransom. In response, the United States launched the Barbary wars, the first successful effort by the young republic to protect [...]

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Terrorism’s Effect on Maritime Shipping

COUNTERING MARITIME TERRORISM IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA

Akiva — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:17:34 +0000

By Lt Col Colin L. Mitchell The United States of America (USA) is a major trade partner for Trinidad and Tobago and many ships transport dangerous cargoes like liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the port of Point Fortin to mainly USA Eastern seaboard ports. Despite the potential danger these cargoes posed, they were not viewed as [...]

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COUNTERING MARITIME TERRORISM IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA

Latest Piracy and Threats to Shipping Report – March 31, 2008

Akiva — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:39:32 +0000

The Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) and the ICC Commercial Crime Services released their latest Maritime Safety Information on March 26 and March 31, 2008. The following maritime security incidents took place between March 24 and March 31, 2008. Bangladesh, March 24, 2008: Four robbers armed with long knives boarded a bulk carrier during discharging [...]

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Latest Piracy and Threats to Shipping Report – March 31, 2008

New Maritime Security Report

Akiva — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:43 +0000

Rebecca Christie | Lexington Institute This report aims to look at the broad issue of maritime security in international waters, and its implications for United States policy. The topics addressed include conventional military threats, pirates and terrorist groups, as well as hard-to-spot dangers that may involve only a handful of hostile individuals. To address such challenges [...]

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New Maritime Security Report

Analyzing the USS Cole Bombing

Akiva — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:23:45 +0000

By Akiva J. Lorenz | Maritime Terrorism On October 12, 2000, the USS Cole, an Arleigh Burke class destroyer, was attacked by a small craft loaded with 270 kg of C-4 explosives while making a routine refill stop in the port of Aden, Yemen. Steered by two Saudi suicide terrorists, Hassan al Khamri and Ibrahim [...]

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Analyzing the USS Cole Bombing

Maritime Security: Federal Efforts Needed to Address Challenges in Preventing and Responding to Terrorist Attacks on Energy Commodity Tankers

Akiva — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:04:27 +0000

U.S. Government Accountability Office December 10, 2007 U. S. energy needs rest heavily on ship-based imports. Tankers bring 55 percent of the nation’s crude oil supply, as well as liquefied gases and refined products like jet fuel. This supply chain is potentially vulnerable in many places here and abroad, as borne out by several successful overseas attacks [...]

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Maritime Security: Federal Efforts Needed to Address Challenges in Preventing and Responding to Terrorist Attacks on Energy Commodity Tankers

The Threat of Maritime Terrorism to Israel

Akiva — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:07:54 +0000

By Akiva J. Lorenz | Maritime Terrorism The purpose of this essay is to define maritime terrorism and analyze Palestinian and Al Qaeda’s maritime capabilities, focusing on the 1970s and from 2000 to 2006. Maritime Terrorism has become a buzzword among security experts over the past seven years. Incidents such as the attacks on USS Cole (October [...]

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The Threat of Maritime Terrorism to Israel