U.S. Navy – The U.S. Navy is playing down its work in helping to recover the wreckage of the Gulf Air crash, to avoid offending Arab sensibilities.

• Associated Press: U.S. plays down rescue efforts

Australian Navy – because of the bad press the Collins-class submarines have been receiving, the Australian Navy is not meeting its recruiting goals to man the submarines.

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Navy fails to entice submariners for Collins class

Russian Navy – A Russian Captain who participated in the rescue operation and whose son was lost on the Kursk says the Russian Navy did its best, but fell short due to a lack of equipment. Meanwhile, the Norwegian company whose divers reached the submarine say the earliest it could be raised would be next year.

• BBC News: Captain who tried to save his son
• BBC News: Reforming Russia’s military
• Daily Telegraph (registration required): Sub crew ‘entombed until next summer’