Merchant Marine – The US now believes that it was a terrorist act that caused the explosion aboard the French supertanker off Yemen.

• CNN: U.S.: Tanker blast was terrorist act
  

US Navy – Autonomous underwater vehicles that glide through the ocean.

• Science Daily: Robots Powered By The Ocean Itself

US Navy – An interview with Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Vern Clark in which he further explains Sea Power 21.

• Sea Power: Teamwork, Flexibility, & Sustained Combat Power
  

Background – Bunker Busting – Does the US need a new family of nuclear weapons to bust bunkers? Was all that hope in thermobaric bombs misplaced?

• Popular Science:
  The bunker nightmare goes nuclear

Background – Iraq – If you did not read the Booknotes transcript of Eliot Cohen discussing his new book Supreme Command, try this brief interview instead. A look inside the mind of the man helping to shape the Bush Administration’s stategy towards Iraq.

• The Times: All the President’s Men