US Navy – Why congressional meddling makes the military procurement system such a mess – the US Navy passes on converting a cruise ship hull to a floating barracks – the USS Pork.

• New York Times: Critics Christen Ship Project as an Off-Course U.S.S. Pork

Royal Navy – Her Majesty’s Government insists there is no deal to sell HMS Invincible to India.

• The Guardian: Yesterday in parliament

Chinese Navy – China’s two new Sovremenny-class destroyers under construction will be much better armed than their sister ships already in the Chinese Navy.

• Taipei Times: Missile deal to boost Beijing’s naval prowess