French Navy – The French military has been crippled by decreased defense spending, reorganizations, and poor administration. The most visible example of this is the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle which has been riddled with defects.

• Daily Telegraph: French farce of the force de frappe

US Navy – The Area Missile Defense System has been canceled due to cost overruns.

• Washington Post: Missile Defense System Canceled

US Navy – The US Navy will probably be moving to deployments lasting longer than 6 months during the war on terrorism.

• Virginian Pilot: Navy studying possibility of longer deployments
  

Background – Targeting – William Arkin shows how targeting is a very complex issue, and the JAG lawyers are not solely at fault when a potentially lucrative target is passed over as being too politically risky to attack.

• Washington Post dot mil: The Myth of Military Lawyers