Royal Marines – Sir John Keegan on how the British military is being stretched too thinly around the world.

• Daily Telegraph: Afghanistan stretches the red and green lines too thin

Royal Navy – More on the retirement of the dock landing ship HMS Fearless.

• BBC: HMS Fearless arrives home
  

Royal Australian Navy – Australia is considering adopting the Standard SM-2 surface to air missile for use aboard its Perry-class frigates.

• Jane’s: RAN considers SM-2 for Adelaide-class frigates

Background – Information Warfare – A nice example of what the next generation of the digital battlefield will look like.

• Los Angeles Times: Ushering In the Warfare Information Age