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Preparing for the Possibility of a North Korean Collapse
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South Korea Section 3
DEFENSE WHITE PAPER Message from the Minister of National Defense The year 2010 marked the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. Since the end of the war, the Republic of Korea has made such great strides and its economy now ranks among the 10-plus largest economies in the world. Out of the ashes of the war, it has risen from an aid recipient to a donor nation. Korea’s economic miracle rests on the strength and commitment of the ROK military. However, the threat of war and persistent security concerns remain undiminished on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea is threatening peace with its recent surprise attack against the ROK Ship CheonanDQGLWV¿ULQJRIDUWLOOHU\DW<HRQS\HRQJ Island. The series of illegitimate armed provocations by the North have left a fragile peace on the Korean Peninsula. Transnational and non-military threats coupled with potential conflicts among Northeast Asian countries add another element that further jeopardizes the Korean Peninsula’s security. To handle security threats, the ROK military has instituted its Defense Vision to foster an ‘Advanced Elite Military,’ which will realize the said Vision. As part of the efforts, the ROK military complemented the Defense Reform Basic Plan and has UHYDPSHGLWVZHDSRQSURFXUHPHQWDQGDFTXLVLWLRQV\VWHP,QDGGLWLRQLWKDVUHYDPSHGWKHHGXFDWLRQDOV\VWHPIRURI¿FHUVZKLOH strengthening the current training system by extending the basic training period and by taking other measures. The military has also endeavored to invigorate the defense industry as an exporter so the defense economy may develop as a new growth engine for the entire Korean economy. To reduce any possible inconveniences that Koreans may experience, the military has reformed its defense rules and regulations to ease the standards necessary to designate a Military Installation Protection Zone. -
The Vietnam War an Australian Perspective
THE VIETNAM WAR AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE [Compiled from records and historical articles by R Freshfield] Introduction What is referred to as the Vietnam War began for the US in the early 1950s when it deployed military advisors to support South Vietnam forces. Australian advisors joined the war in 1962. South Korea, New Zealand, The Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand also sent troops. The war ended for Australian forces on 11 January 1973, in a proclamation by Governor General Sir Paul Hasluck. 12 days before the Paris Peace Accord was signed, although it was another 2 years later in May 1975, that North Vietnam troops overran Saigon, (Now Ho Chi Minh City), and declared victory. But this was only the most recent chapter of an era spanning many decades, indeed centuries, of conflict in the region now known as Vietnam. This story begins during the Second World War when the Japanese invaded Vietnam, then a colony of France. 1. French Indochina – Vietnam Prior to WW2, Vietnam was part of the colony of French Indochina that included Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Vietnam was divided into the 3 governances of Tonkin, Annam, and Cochinchina. (See Map1). In 1940, the Japanese military invaded Vietnam and took control from the Vichy-French government stationing some 30,000 troops securing ports and airfields. Vietnam became one of the main staging areas for Japanese military operations in South East Asia for the next five years. During WW2 a movement for a national liberation of Vietnam from both the French and the Japanese developed in amongst Vietnamese exiles in southern China. -
An Analysis of the Loss of HMAS SYDNEY
An analysis of the loss of HMAS SYDNEY By David Kennedy The 6,830-ton modified Leander class cruiser HMAS SYDNEY THE MAIN STORY The sinking of cruiser HMAS SYDNEY by disguised German raider KORMORAN, and the delayed search for all 645 crew who perished 70 years ago, can be attributed directly to the personal control by British wartime leader Winston Churchill of top-secret Enigma intelligence decodes and his individual power. As First Lord of the Admiralty, then Prime Minster, Churchill had been denying top secret intelligence information to commanders at sea, and excluding Australian prime ministers from knowledge of Ultra decodes of German Enigma signals long before SYDNEY II was sunk by KORMORAN, disguised as the Dutch STRAAT MALAKKA, off north-Western Australia on November 19, 1941. Ongoing research also reveals that a wide, hands-on, operation led secretly from London in late 1941, accounted for the ignorance, confusion, slow reactions in Australia and a delayed search for survivors . in stark contrast to Churchill's direct part in the destruction by SYDNEY I of the German cruiser EMDEN 25 years before. Churchill was at the helm of one of his special operations, to sweep from the oceans disguised German raiders, their supply ships, and also blockade runners bound for Germany from Japan, when SYDNEY II was lost only 19 days before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and Southeast Asia. Covering up of a blunder, or a punitive example to the new and distrusted Labor government of John Curtin gone terribly wrong because of a covert German weapon, can explain stern and brief official statements at the time and whitewashes now, with Germany and Japan solidly within Western alliances. -
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Volume 1 • Issue 6 • Summer 2017/18 LineNew Zealand’s of Defence andDefence National Security Magazine THE TRUE FIRST RESPONDER. www.defsecmedia.co.nz KC-390. THE TRUE FIRST RESPONDER. INTRODUCING THE MOST VERSATILE, Building on our 48-year heritage of producing EFFECTIVE AND COST-EFFICIENT the most rugedly reliable, low-maintenance MULTI-MISSION TRANSPORT IN THE SKY. aircraft, the KC-390 delivers the lowest life cycle cost and longest maintenance intervals in the industry. Add in the fastest reconfiguration time, higher flight speeds and the most efficient use of cargo space and you can see why there’s no better aircraft for tough scenarios. Mission efficiency that saves money. Reliability that saves time. Performance that saves lives. kc-390.com EMBUS_2024_LineofDefence_1217.indd SAVED: 11-14-2017 2:12 PM BY: Jody McClean PRINTED AT: 100% JOB #: EMBUS0002022 CD: MarcusKa INKS: CLIENT: Embraer AD: JasseniaRz Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black MEDIA: Magazine CW: DerrickYi FONTS: LIVE: 200 mm x 287 mm CM: KatiePz GT America (Compressed Bold, Regular, Condensed Light, Medium) TRIM: 210 mm x 297 mm AB: LisaLe IMAGES: BLEED: 216 mm x 303 mm AP: EvaHr Emb_kc390_NZ_V4_4C_lyr.psd (CMYK; 368 ppi; 81.51%), Embraer_CCO_Tag- PUBS: Line of Defence PM: N/A line_W.eps (124.42%) NOTES: December 2017 PR: Camilee DA: JodyMn QC: DarrylTt KC-390. THE TRUE FIRST RESPONDER. INTRODUCING THE MOST VERSATILE, Building on our 48-year heritage of producing EFFECTIVE AND COST-EFFICIENT the most rugedly reliable, low-maintenance MULTI-MISSION TRANSPORT IN THE SKY. aircraft, the KC-390 delivers the lowest life cycle cost and longest maintenance intervals in the industry. -
Newsletter of Canadian Naval Aviators and Associates
The Newsletter of Canadian Naval Aviators and Associates Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 2011 Last year, we reported that the Sheriff had called BOTH of us for jury duty, though we had both been called in recent years. On the first time, Deb had been able to claim immunity because she was still in the forces. In my case, the year passed without my being called. On last New Year’s Eve, we were able to toast our freedom; however, the first mail of the new year brought a summons dated in late December, ordering me to do my duty. The summons came with a set of ‘frequently asked questions’ that covered most of my needs, but there was one point that I needed clarified. A call to the Sheriff’s office reached a clerk who was able to answer the question. Out of the blue, she asked me if I wanted to be relieved from duty. While I discussed the pros and cons, she suddenly told me that she had just removed me from the list as not being qualified. Formidable! Later in the year in a smaller community nearby, a judge called all his prospective jurors together and asked them explain why so many had tried to be relieved of their duty. It seems that many are called and few want to be chosen. Another year has passed, and it has not been a good one for me. A chronic problem has turned into a severe one, though how severe will not be known for some time. After several months of debilitating and confusing symptoms, I have been diagnosed with bladder cancer, which now has spread. -
The Semaphore Circular No 647 the Beating Heart of the RNA March 2015
The Semaphore Circular No 647 The Beating Heart of the RNA March 2015 Chrissie Hughes (Shipmates Administrator), Michelle Bainbridge (Financial Controller) and Life Vice President Rita Lock MBE offer sage instructions to AB Andy Linton and AB Jo Norcross at HQ after they were ‘Volunteered’ for supplementary duties with the RNA! Andy and Jo commented later it is a character building experience!! RNA members are reminded that hard-copies of the Circular are distributed to each branch via their Secretary, but “silver-surfers” can download their own copy from the RNA website at www.royal-naval-association.co.uk .(See below) Daily Orders 1. Welfare Seminar Update 2. IMC Sailing Camp 3. Gallipoli Event Whitehall 4. 75th Anniversary of Dunkirk Invitation 5. Guess Where? 6. Can anyone beat this Car Registration 7. Request for assistance 8. Finance Corner 9. Donations received 10. Free to a good home 11. Di from Llandrod Wells 12. Caption Competition 13. Can you assist 14. Spotters Corner 15. The Atheist and the Bear 16. Virtual Branch 17. RN VC Series – Captain Edward Unwin 18. Fifty Shades of Pussers Grey 19. Type 21 Memorial 20. Old Ships 21. HMS M33 Appeal 22. Down Memory Lane Longcast “D’ye hear there” (Branch news) Ship’s Office 1. Swinging the Lamp For the Branch Secretary and notice-board Glossary of terms NCM National Council Member NC National Council AMC Association Management Committee FAC Finance Administration Committee NCh National Chairman NVCh National Vice Chairman NP National President DNP Deputy National President GS General -
The Royal Canadian Navy and Operation Torch, 1942-19431
"A USEFUL LOT, THESE CANADIAN SHIPS:" THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY AND OPERATION TORCH, 1942-19431 Shawn Cafferky Like other amphibious animals we must come occasionally on shore: but the water is more properly our element, and in it...as we find our greatest security, so exert our greatest force. Bolingbroke, Idea of a Patriot King (1749) The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) corvettes that supported the Allied landings in North Africa beginning in November 1942 achieved substantial success. This little-known story is important, for the Canadian warships gave outstanding service at a time when the fortunes of the main RCN escort forces in the north Atlantic had dropped to their nadir. Problems resulting from overexpansion and overcommitment had, as has been fully documented in recent literature, raised grave doubts about the efficiency of Canadian escorts.2 What has yet to be properly acknowledged was that the operations of RCN ships in the Mediterranean and adjacent eastern Atlantic areas during these same months of crisis demonstrated that given an opportunity Canadian escorts could match the best. On 25 July 1942, after months of high-level discussions concerning the strategic direction of the war, Allied leaders agreed to invade North Africa in a campaign named Operation Torch, rather than immediately opening a second front in Europe. On 27 August 1942 the First Sea Lord signalled Vice-Admiral P.W. Nelles, Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), "that Admiral Cunningham's [Naval Commander Expeditionary Force] Chief of Staff, Commodore R.M. Dick, would be visiting him in Ottawa with some information."3 The material proved to be an outline of Operation Torch, along with a request that the RCN provide escorts for the operation. -
We Envy No Man on Earth Because We Fly. the Australian Fleet Air
We Envy No Man On Earth Because We Fly. The Australian Fleet Air Arm: A Comparative Operational Study. This thesis is presented for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Murdoch University 2016 Sharron Lee Spargo BA (Hons) Murdoch University I declare that this thesis is my own account of my research and contains as its main content work which has not previously been submitted for a degree at any tertiary education institution. …………………………………………………………………………….. Abstract This thesis examines a small component of the Australian Navy, the Fleet Air Arm. Naval aviators have been contributing to Australian military history since 1914 but they remain relatively unheard of in the wider community and in some instances, in Australian military circles. Aviation within the maritime environment was, and remains, a versatile weapon in any modern navy but the struggle to initiate an aviation branch within the Royal Australian Navy was a protracted one. Finally coming into existence in 1947, the Australian Fleet Air Arm operated from the largest of all naval vessels in the post battle ship era; aircraft carriers. HMAS Albatross, Sydney, Vengeance and Melbourne carried, operated and fully maintained various fixed-wing aircraft and the naval personnel needed for operational deployments until 1982. These deployments included contributions to national and multinational combat, peacekeeping and humanitarian operations. With the Australian government’s decision not to replace the last of the aging aircraft carriers, HMAS Melbourne, in 1982, the survival of the Australian Fleet Air Arm, and its highly trained personnel, was in grave doubt. This was a major turning point for Australian Naval Aviation; these versatile flyers and the maintenance and technical crews who supported them retrained on rotary aircraft, or helicopters, and adapted to flight operations utilising small compact ships. -
Roper, Alec Bruce
ROPER , ALEC BRUCE Petty Officer H. M. S. London Killed in Action 21 April 1949 during the Yangtse Incident Alec and his brother John were brought up by Fred & Mabel Collison, their Aunt & Uncle, who lived at Rowhedge. Alec joined the Royal Navy, as a boy seaman before the war; while John was called up at the outbreak of war into the Royal Air Force. Alec served throughout the war in the Royal Navy and post war was assigned to H. M. S. London. In all he served some 10 years in the Royal Navy. His nickname was "Sally". Pre- war he had worked in the shipyard at Rowhedge. Killed in the same action was Surgeon Lieutenant J. M. Alderton of HMS Amethyst was born in Colchester and son of Doctor W. H. Alderton of Little Tey. Alec Roper HMS LONDON Naval General Service Medal - Yangtse. In April 1949, the forces of the Chinese Nationalist Government and of the Communist People’s Liberation Army faced each other across the Yangtze River. Nobody doubted the Communists’ ability to cross the river and ultimately to take Shanghai. A truce had been declared while the Kuomintang considered the Communist terms, which more nearly resembled an ultimatum. This truce was to expire on the 22nd April, unless the Chinese Nationalists acceded. In Shanghai the great foreign business communities awaited events, none more determined than the British to stay where they were and continue their eighty year old tradition of business as usual whatever the prevailing condition of ever shifting Chinese Politics. In Nanking the Embassies, too, having declined to move to Canton with the Nationalist Government, were staying. -
Maritime Security
Australia and New Zealand in the Asia Pacific. Maritime Security Maritime security is of vital importance to Australia and New Zealand, as both countries depend on maritime transport for their economic survival. Since the events of 11 September 2001 serious questions have been raised as to whether Australia and New Zealand are adequately prepared for the con- sequences of a major disruption of global shipping following a terrorist attack on a leading regional port such as Hong Kong or Singapore. Considerable efforts have been undertaken to improve responses to an array of maritime security threats, such as transnational crime, environmental pollution and piracy and armed robbery. This volume identifies the issues that particularly affect Australia and New Zealand’s maritime security, evaluating the issues from legal and political perspec- tives, and proposes methods for improving the maritime security of the two coun- tries. While the focus is primarily on Australia and New Zealand, the scope extends to regional considerations, addressing matters related to Pacific island states, South East Asia and the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions. The book also addresses strategic partnerships, examining the influence of the United States, and analyses issues within the broad framework of international law and politics. Maritime Security: International Law and Policy Perspectives from Australia and New Zealand will be of great interest to scholars of international law, international relations and maritime affairs, maritime industry professionals, private and government lawyers, as well as diplomats, consuls and government officials. Natalie Klein is an Associate Professor at Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Joanna Mossop is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. -
The Story of Flt Sgt. R. Laverty, 202 Squadron by John Mulholland
Death by Friendly Fire - the story of Flt Sgt. R. Laverty, 202 Squadron by John Mulholland In the 1991 Gulf war there was an incident of a US warplane mistakenly killing British ground troops. In the fog of war death by friendly fire is more frequent than most people imagine. This is the story of one such incident concerning my uncle, Flt Sgt. Robert Laverty, aged 18, who was killed along with his nine crew members in November 1942. Robert Anthony Laverty was born on 2 January 1924 in Moy. Co. Tyrone. He was the fifth of eight children born to Robert and Sarah Laverty. The Laverty family were well known as international horse dealers and breeders. The family had supplied horses to European armies for over 100 years including some of those used by the Light Brigade in the Crimea. Robert Laverty (senior) with his brother had travelled to Russia before the First World War to sell horses to the Czar for his Imperial Cavalry. However, family fortunes changed dramatically in July 1921 when the Laverty brothers entered into an agreement with John Panagolopolous and Co of Athens who were contractors to the Greek Government. The agreement was to supply 3000 horses for the Greek Army. Two lots were shipped and paid for but the final lot was held up because of a disagreement between the contractor and the Greek Government. This resulted in the Laverty family having to pay all their creditors without receiving payment themselves. Despite long legal battles the case was never resolved and the Laverty family faced severe financial difficulties for the following 30 years.