Royal Navy – The UK is interested in the Littoral Combat Ship.

• The Times: Stealth fleet sneaks onto naval horizon

US Navy – With Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) ships at its heart, and protective strike groups at its perimeter, the sea base is envisioned as the operational corpus for U.S. tactical forces of the future. Its various parts will be bound together by the major arteries of the sea base; the logistics management systems that will make the difference between success and failure of the entire concept.

• Sea Power: Success of Sea Basing Concept Hinges on Effective Logistics Management Systems

Background – Transformation – An excellent PBS documentary on transformation. It asks the question – can the US military’s high tech weaponry prevail against insurgents? Read the individual interviews (especially the ones for and against transformation) and the Program Transcript.

• PBS Nova: Battle Plan Under Fire

Background – History – John Keegan on D-Day.

• The Telegraph: Bad weather could have scuppered D-Day