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PUBLISHED on August 8, 2025, 02:19 PM EDT – Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy is facing a critical readiness crisis, with...
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PUBLISHED on August 8, 2025, 02:19 PM EDT – Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy is facing a critical readiness crisis, with...
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy is looking to transform its new, long-range AIM-174B Gunslinger air-to-air missile into a potent airborne interceptor...
Key Points – In a significant advancement for naval warfare, the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, USS Delaware (SSN 791), has successfully executed a...
Diesel Submarines for the US Navy? The US Navy invented the nuclear-powered submarine. The first of these was the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), which was...
Key Points – The US Navy’s Seawolf-class submarine program, often called the “F-22 Raptor of submarines” due to its advanced capabilities and similarly truncated...
Key Points – The USS Pennsylvania (BB-38), lead ship of its class of super-dreadnought battleships, was commissioned in 1916. -Though missing combat in World...
The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Forces have surged into a high-speed, mobile, 5th-generation warfare capability through the rapid development of new “mini-aircraft carriers” armed...
This article may re-awaken that World War Two historian in you. The Casablanca-class aircraft carrier is not the first warship that comes to mind...
Key Points – The US Navy’s shipbuilding capacity critically lags behind China’s, necessitating urgent reforms beyond current approaches. -Following Navy Secretary John Phelan’s recent...
Key Points – The conventionally-powered aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), which served in numerous conflicts including the Gulf War and is now...