Phillipine Navy – Phillipine forces have killed the leader of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist organization at sea.

• CNN: Search for Abu Sayyaf leader’s body

US Navy – The US looks again to a catamaran design to replace the USS Inchon as a mine warfare command ship.

• Planned lease of anti-mine ship may open Navy to new designs

History – Cuban Missile Crisis – Did Russian submarines almost use nuclear-tipped torpedoes against US ships in 1962?

• Associated Press: Russian Book Looks at Missile Crisis