Royal Navy – Four Type 42 destroyers are to be mothballed.
- Daily Telegraph: Warships are first casualty as spending cuts hit Navy
US Navy – The Chief of Naval Operations ambitious plans for 2004.
- Virginian Pilot: Top admiral all business in new year
US Marines – Thomas Ricks on the First Marine Division’s strategies for dealing with the Sunni Triangle when then return there in the near future.
- Washington Post: Marines to Offer New Tactics in Iraq
Background – Conflict 2004 – James F. Dunnigan gives an overview of where the world is likely to see conflict in 2004.
- StrategyPage: Where Will There Be War in 2004?
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