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Summer 2007 Issue, The U.S. Naval War College
Summer 2007 Issue, The U.S. Naval War College
Naval War College Review
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Suppression Of Piracy And Maritime Terrorism, Martin N. Murphy
Suppression Of Piracy And Maritime Terrorism, Martin N. Murphy
Naval War College Review
On 12 October 2000, two men from an organization aligned with al-Qa‘ida loaded a rigid raider (a small boat with glass-reinforced-plastic hull) withexplosives and drove it into the side of the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67). Seventeen sailors lost their lives. This was a seminal event. It epitomized small war versus “big” war and the threat that small-war tactics could present to “big war” fleets. It was also an echo of the U.S. Navy’s past. As the initial alarm faded, the Navy’s response became largely inward looking and defensive, limited for the most part to the implementation of more …
From The Editors, The U.S. Naval War College Press
From The Editors, The U.S. Naval War College Press
Naval War College Review
As the Navy continues to grapple with its priorities and overall direction in the context of its ongoing work on a new Maritime Strategy, it is worthwhile taking a fresh look at the complex of issues connected with what is perhaps best referred to as “disorder at sea.” The most potentially threatening form of disorder at sea is maritime terrorism, including not only terrorist attacks on shipping but the use of the maritime domain to transport terrorists or weapons or to mount attacks from the sea against coastal targets.