Taiwanese Navy -The US may be asked by Taiwan to sell it the 4 Kidd-class guided missile destroyers, as replacements for its Gearing-class destroyers. The Kidd’s would help Taiwan counter China’s new Russian-made Sovremenny- class destroyers and Kilo-class submarines.

• New York Times (registration required): Taiwan Is Likely to Ask the U.S. to Sell It 4 Destroyers

Indian Navy – The Indian Navy has just commissioned a new guided missile destroyer INS Mumbai, and a new guided missile corvette, INS Kirch.

• Times of India: Navy gets 2 new ships