Royal Navy – The new Astute-class nuclear attack submarines will be based at Faslane.

• The Scotsman: Faslane to win nuclear order
  

Indonesian Navy – Indonesia will upgrade the engineering plants of a number of its warships, it is also beginning humanitarian relief exercises this week with the US Navy.

• Agence France Presse: Navy to recondition all its frigates and 22 warships
• Express India: US Navy ships arrive for joint exercise in Indonesia

Taiwanese Navy – Taiwan is searching for the black boxes from the 747 that crashed off the Straits of Taiwan.

• Taipei Times: Military search mobilization largest in its history

Background – Weapons of Mass Destruction – William Arkin on how the Bush Administration is now fighting Cold War #2 – against weapons of mass destruction.

• Los Angeles Times: A Policy In From the Cold
  

Background – Nuclear Weapons – A well written essay on what the threat is from nuclear weapons or radiological weapons, with a number of scenarios.

• New York Times Sunday Magazine: Nuclear Nightmares