Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – Japan is going to build small aircraft carriers.

• Washington Times: Warships suggest discarded pacifism

Royal Navy – Are the UK’s new aircraft carriers about to shrink in size?

• Financial Times: BAE says it cannot build ships to budget

Background – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles – A Lockheed Skunk Works stealthy unmanned aerial vehicle was used for reconnaissance over Iraq.

• Aviation Week: A Classified Lockheed Martin Unmanned Reconnaissance Aircraft Was Used in Iraq