Columbian Navy – The story behind the submarine being built by Columbian drug lords with Russian submariners’ help to smuggle drugs into the US.

• New York Times Magazine: The submarine next door

Canadian Navy – HMCS Victoria, the first of the Upholder-class attack submarines transferred from the Royal Navy to the Canadian Navy, has been commissioned.

• Daily News: Navy welcomes new ‘racing car’
• Halifax Herald: First new sub enters service

Yemen – Background – It now appears that those who attacked the USS Cole were veterans of the war in Afganistan.

• Washington Post: Cole attack rooted in Afghan War