Canadian Navy – The Canadian Navy is willing to keep a contingent in the Arabian Sea indefinitely.

• Halifax Herald: Navy ships set to patrol area indefinitely

US Navy – Additional repairs to the USS John F Kennedy that are needed to bring her up to operational conditions may lengthen the stay of the USS Theodore Roosevelt in theater.

• Virginian Pilot: Kennedy repairs may delay carrier Roosevelt’s return

US Navy – More on how aircraft carriers have justified their continuing existence due to the war against terror.

• San Diego Union Tribune: Navy’s future has been ‘validated’ in Afghanistan war, admiral says
  

Background – Targeting – William Arkin on how, in an effort to do everything possible to minimize civilian casualities, the US has been fighting the air war in Afghanistan with one arm tied behind its back.

• Los Angeles Times: Fear of Civilian Deaths May Have Undermined Effort

Background – Supergun – The saga of the Iraqi Supergun continues – do they or don’t they have one?

• National Post: Saddam has super-gun, report says