Section 1: Overview. Introduction -- Section 2: World Fleet Reviews. Regional review - North and South America -- Region review - Asia and the Pacific -- Fleet review - The Royal Malaysian Navy: a difficult balancing act ahead / Mrityunjoy Mazumdar -- Regional review - The Indian Ocean and Africa -- Regional review - Europe and Russia -- Fleet review: The Royal Danish Navy: from the Baltic to the Horn of Africa - and back again? / Søren Nørby -- Fleet review - The Royal Netherlands Navy: recent developments and current status / Theodore Hughes-Riley -- Section 3: Significant Ships. Akizuki class destroyers / Tomohiko Tada -- Dokdo class amphibious assault ships: South Korea's LPX-1 design / Guy Toremans -- Zumwalt (DDG-1000): past and future tense / Edward Feege and Scott Truver -- Section 4: Technological Reviews. World naval aviation / David Hobbs -- Shipboard anti-ship missiles: some considerations / Norman Friedman -- SMERAS: submarine escape, rescue, abandonment & survivability / Jan Ziolo.