US Navy – The US is maintainting that carrier deployments in the Gulf are at routine levels.

• Reuters: US Says Homebound Carrier is a Routine Rotation

Merchant Marine – A plan is prepared to better protect merchant ships against terrorist attack.

• The Observer: UK shipping to get escorts in terror war

Background – Weapons of Mass Destruction – William Arkin on new weapons that could be used against Iraq to neutralized its weapons of mass destruction.

• Los Angeles Times: ‘Sci-Fi’ Weapons Going to War

Background – Information Warfare – James F. Dunnigan on the use of personal digital assistants by the military.

• StrategyPage: Combat Computers for the Infantry