Royal Navy – The Joint Strike Fighter is overweight – which has severe implications for the Royal Navy.

• Daily Telegraph: Britain’s new US-built jets are ‘too heavy to land safely’

US Navy – The Navy’s air-to-air refueling needs are not being met by the Air Force.

• Sea Power: Naval Air Refueling Needs Deferred in Air Force Tanker Plan

US Navy – Do small navies have a role to play in network-centric warfare?

• US Naval War College Review: Small Navies Do Have a Place in Network-Centric Warfare

Background – Iraq – Will moderate Iraqis embrace democracyóor Islamist radicalism?

• The New Yorker: Caught in the Crossfire