Indian Navy – India’s new Krivak-class guided missile frigates will be delivered by the end of the year.

• Hindustan Times: Stealth frigates to be delivered to India by year end

Royal Navy – A list of Royal Navy ships that could be used against Iraq in the near future.

• The Times: MoD needs decision ‘within weeks’
  

Russian Navy – Although Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania plan on joining NATO, Russia intends to maintain a strong naval presence in the Baltic Sea.

Meanwhile, the aircraft carrier Kuznetsov is said to be in drydock until 2004, due to problems with its engines. Its airwing has been training in the Ukraine at an airfield the simulates the carrier’s deck.

• The Moscow Times: Saber-Rattling No Solution

US Coast Guard – A look at how the Coast Guard is balancing its new home defense mission with its other traditional roles.

• Christian Science Monitor: Coast Guard cuts new path in terror war

US Navy – How P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft have been used in the war on terror.

• Sea Power: Navy P-3 Operations in the War on Terrorism