Royal Navy – a lack of combat ready pilots has grounded over one quarter of the Royal Navy’s Sea Harriers.

• Daily Telegraph: Lack of combat-ready pilots grounds Navy’s Sea Harriers

Royal Navy – it has been discovered that HMS Tireless, the Trafalgar-class nuclear attack submarine currently docked in Gibraltar awaiting repairs, was much closer to a meltdown of its nuclear reactor than was previously admittted.

• Times of London: Nuclear sub ‘came close to meltdown’

Royal Navy – 18 ships of the Royal Navy have been pledged to the new European Union rapid reaction force.

• Times of London: British forces to bear EU stars insignia

Royal Navy – due to a fire on HMS Fearless, HMS Argus is now part of the Amphibious Ready Group off Sierra Leone.

• Daily Telegraph: Desperate Navy sends training ship into action

US Navy – the US Navy’s Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) communications system was sabotaged by protestors last year and was disabled for 24 hours. This is the fifth time the system has been vandalized.

• Milwaukee Journal Sentinnel: ELF case may turn the tables