Royal Navy – The dock landing ship HMS Fearless is to be scrapped before her replacement enters service. The Royal Navy’s Sea Harriers will be retired early and will be replaced by upgraded RAF Harrier GR9s – The Royal Navy’s carriers will thereby lose their organic air defense capability.

• The Times: Navy’s oldest warship steams off to scrapheap
  

Canadian Navy – Why is Canada having so many problems with it’s Upholder-class submarines?

• National Post: Submarine woes blamed on Britain
• Daily News: Cracks found on sister sub delayed Windsor mission
• Daily News: Flood nearly ‘catastrophic’
  

• Halifax Herald: Crew didn’t panic over ‘minor’ flood

Background – US Strategy in the Pacific – An essay reviewing the Bush administration’s current strategy in the Pacific.

• Sea Power: Resilience and Power in the Pacific
  What a Difference a Day Makes