Canadian Navy – Two Canadian warships – HMCS Athabaskan and HMCS Montreal – have drawn alongside a cargo vessel that is effectively holding hostage Canadian Army military equipment that is being returned from Kosovo to Canada.

• Toronto Star: Ship, military cargo staying put
• Washington Post: Canada’s Army embroiled in conflict on the high seas

Russian Navy – The Russian President is attempting to implement a new military strategy which will siphon resources from the Strategic Rocket Forces to the Navy, Army and Air Force which are resource starved.

• Christian Science Monitor: Putin tries big shift in military strategy