Sri Lankan Navy – The Tamil Sea Tigers have suffered a defeat at sea and the Sri Lankan Navy is adopting more aggressive patroling techniques.

• BBC: Tigers suffer sea ‘defeat’
  

• Times of India: Lanka steps up patrols after major sea battle

US Navy – The US is considering using F-15’s based on Kadena, Okinawa to escort future EP-3 and RC-135 flights off China.

• CNN: Official: U.S. training for spy plane escorts

US Navy – Human error was the cause of an accidental bombing of allied troops by a US Navy F-18 in March.

• CNN: Pentagon sources: ‘Human error’ cause of Kuwait bombing accident