Background – Piracy – More on the high cost to shippers of the current rash of piracy.

• National Post: Not since Captain Kidd has piracy been so rife

Russian Navy – The current Russian Navy thinking on what happened to the Kursk – it was damaged by an internal explosion.

• Washington Times: Sub blast ‘came from within’
• CNN: Hydrogen theory in Kursk disaster

US Coast Guard – An essay on the role the US Coast Guard can play in the US maritime strategy.

• SeaPower: The Maritime Component – Coast Guard Plays Expanded Role In U.S. Sea Power Equation