Taiwanese Navy – The Taiwanese Navy is investigating the recruitment of Russian submarine designers to help it design and manufacture its own attack submarines.

• Jane’s: Russians talk subs with Taipei
  

Royal Navy – The Royal Navy’s Triton trimaran is exercising off Norfolk. Preliminarily, it appears to provide a steadier, smoother and faster platform than single-hull designs.

• Virginian Pilot: U.K. displays prototype as U.S. aims for better ships
  

US Navy and Marine Corps – More on the high tech amphibious exercise Kernel Blitz Experimental.

• San Diego Union Tribune: Marine, Navy units to work out the bugs on high-tech battlefield
  

Royal Australian Navy – The Australian task force that was sent to East Timor in September 1999 was aggressively probed by Indonesian aircraft and submarines; the task force was often at battle stations; and Australian F-111’s were bombed up and ready to bomb Indonesian communication centers in Jakarta to ensure the safety of the task force.

• Daily Telegraph (registration required): Australia ‘was set to bomb Jakarta in Timor conflict’