Taiwanese Navy – Taiwan again chases a Chinese spy ship away from its coast.

• Agence France Press: Taiwan ‘drove away Chinese spy ship’

Royal Navy – The UK is taking steps to enhance security around the Straits of Gibraltar against terrorist attack.

• Daily Telegraph: Navy switches IRA patrol boats to guard Gibraltar

US Navy – Sailors move in to the USS Ronald Reagan.

• Virginian Pilot: All aboard the new carrier Ronald Reagan

Military Sealift Command – The US is again looking to charter ships to carry ammunition to the Gulf.

• Reuters: US seeks more ships to carry ammunition to Gulf

Royal Air Force – The Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft upgrade continues to suffer setbacks.

• Daily Telegraph: RAF spends billions upgrading the Nimrod – but now the wings don’t fit

Background – Iraq – John Simpson on how the war with Iraq may play out???

• Daily Telegraph: America will prevail in battle with Iraq but the big question is how

Background – Pakistan – Robert Kaplan reviews 2 new books on Pakistan and concludes that if Musharraf fails in liberalizing Pakistan, the result will be disaster.

• New York Times Book Review: ‘Pakistan’: A Nuclear Yugoslavia

Background – Wargames – The role of the US Naval War College in helping to shape US Navy strategy – past and present.

• Sea Power: Thrusters, Cautionaries, and War Games