21.   Le Vigouroux said although the management system was developed for the French navy and some foreign customers, the Malaysian navy was not among its customers.

22.   Kuroyedov said it will take five to seven years before the navy would be able to afford another big ship.

23.   Separately, the Indian navy was in the midst of negotiations in the southern port city of Madras with U.S. military officials on naval cooperation.

24.   Singh said India has no intention of escalating the conflict, even though its navy is on alert in the Arabian Sea following a naval buildup by Pakistan.

25.   The Japanese navy is to make a return port call this year.

26.   The Indian navy is on alert following tactical deployments by the Pakistan navy, the naval chief told reporters in Bombay Thursday.

27.   The navy is not yet linking the discovery with the sinking, he said.

28.   The New Zealand navy will be among the first outsiders to detect the huge shock waves set off by nuclear explosions.

29.   The Polish navy mostly is a Baltic fleet, but as a NATO member, Poland needs some bigger ships that can handle operations in the Atlantic.

30.   The New Zealand navy will be among the first outsiders to know when it happens.