NOSI will be taking a short break from July 4 – July 11. I will see you back on July 12.

Royal Navy – Why did the Royal Navy *really* lose HMS Sheffield? New questions about the Exocet attack on her have arisen.

• BBC: Navy accused of Falklands ‘cover-up’
  

US Navy – The USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) has been commissioned.

• PR Newswire: U.S. Navy, Marine Corps to Commission Seventh Northrop Grumman LHD Amphibious Assault Ship
  

US Navy – Roles for unmanned aerial vehicles.

• Christian Science Monitor: New push for robotic aircraft