SEAPOWER
Volume 53, Number 2, February 2010
THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES
www.navyleague.org
DEPARTMENTS
3 President’s Message
4 Editor’s Note
7 Intercepts
46 Program Snapshot
50 Historical Perspective
52 Navy League News
56 Council Digest
6 Washington Report:
Funding boost for 2010
still falls short of
shipbuilding goals
38
COVER STORY
Russia appears to be moving aggressively to rebuild and modernize the
remnants of the once-powerful Soviet military. A key part of that restoration, based on the pronouncements of naval officials, would be the creation
of a blue-water fleet to rival the U.S. Navy. Skeptics, however, say these pronouncements may amount to a 21st century “Potemkin Village,” aimed at
hiding a dramatically diminished Russian fleet with little immediate capability to restore anything close to the Cold War Soviet armada.
BY OTTO KREISHER
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FEATURES
3 No Higher Duty
BY DANIEL B. BRANCH JR.
34 After Frustrating Delays, Canada’s Sub Fleet Emerges
BY DAVID PUGLIESE
38 TWIC Gains Solid Footing in Maritime Community
BY DAISY R. KHALIFA
42 Maritime Highway Development Effort Gets a Boost
BY ROXANA TIRON
64 In My Own Words
BY CMDR. JAMES ESPINO
SUPERVISOR, DETACHED STAFF, COAST GUARD C4ISR
ACQUISITION PROGRAM OFFICE, MOORESTOWN, N.J.
SPECIAL REPORT:
COMMUNICATIONS & NETWORK-CENTRIC WARFARE
16 Navy Push for Open Architecture Begins to Bear Fruit
BY DANIEL P. TAYLOR
18 JSOW Demonstration Will Test Third-Party Targeting Capabilities
BY RICHARD R. BURGESS
22 Swift Information Exchange is Key to Steering Ships Clear of Danger
BY TOM WITHINGTON
26 Coast Guard Beefs Up Data Dissemination in Anti-Piracy Effort
BY JOHN C. MARCARIO
30 INTERVIEW: Bruce B. Stubbs
Department of Defense Executive Agent
For Maritime Domain Awareness
BY JOHN C. MARCARIO
COVER PHOTO OF RUSSIAN NAVY SEAMEN STANDING NEAR THE FRENCH AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP MISTRAL — A TYPE OF SHIP RUSSIA HOPES TO BUY — ON THE NEVA RIVER
IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, NOV. 23 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. COVER DESIGN B Y AMY BILLINGHAM, PENSARÉ DESIGN GROUP LTD.
