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All 5 of the Royal Navy’s In-Service Astute-Class Nuclear Attack Submarines Were Tied Up Alongside at the Same Time in Late June 2026, 1 of Them Stripped of Parts to Keep the Other 4 Running. The Class Will Take 28 Years to Deliver 7 Boats.

The Astute-class program failed before a single plate was cut. Submarine orders at Barrow dried up through the 1990s, the design offices emptied, and...

Harry J. Kazianis1 hour ago

U.S. Navy Carrier Air Wing 8 aircraft fly in formation over the world’s largest aircraft carrier, Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), during Carrier Air Wing 8’s aerial change of command ceremony while underway in the Caribbean Sea, Jan. 19, 2026. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the president’s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. (U.S. Navy photo)

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Investigators Are Studying Why the US Navy’s Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Was Hit With a Massive Fire and If It Could Have Been Prevented

The Navy first said two sailors were hurt aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford. More than 200 were treated for smoke inhalation. Six months...

Jack Buckby2 hours ago

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Sorry, F-35: South Korea Flew 6 KF-21 Boramae Prototypes on Nearly 1,600 Sorties Over 42 Months and Declared Development Complete in July 2026.

Forty KF-21 Block I aircraft are contracted for delivery by 2028, with 80 Block II to follow, at about $83 million and $112 million...

Brandon Weichert6 hours ago

Vanguard-class Submarine. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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Royal Navy Nuclear Missile Submarine HMS Vanguard Spent About 89 Months in Refit at Devonport. It Had Taken 83 Months to Build Her. Her 3 Sisters Averaged 42 Months for the Same Overhaul, and She Came Home in March From a 204-Day Patrol — the Longest in Royal Navy History.

Four boats is the minimum the Royal Navy's nuclear deterrence mission allows: one on patrol, one working up or returning, one in short maintenance,...

Harry J. Kazianis7 hours ago

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Apr. 26, 2003) -- Spectators welcome the aircraft carrier, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) to Pearl Harbor. Lincoln is on its way home from a deployment spanning more than nine months. Abraham Lincoln is among the first ships to return home from Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate 2nd Class Joshua L. Pritekel. (RELEASED)

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$850,000,000 Australian Submarine ‘Sank’ a $5,500,000,000 US Navy Nuclear Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier and 2 Nuclear Attack Submarines by Evading a Fleet of Warships and ‘Penetrating the Screen’

A nuclear submarine cannot switch off its reactor, which means coolant pumps, a steam plant and reduction gears are always turning. A diesel-electric boat...

Brandon Weichert1 day ago

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9/11 Bought China’s Military 2 Decades to Become a Powerhouse

In 2001 the People's Liberation Army fielded a handful of fourth-generation fighters, most bought from Russia or built under Russian licence. It was not...

Robert Farley1 day ago

USS South Dakota Colorized Photo Creative Commons Photo

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Seaman First Class Calvin Graham Was 12 Years Old Aboard the 45,233-Ton Battleship USS South Dakota at the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 14-15 November 1942. Japanese Shellfire Killed 40 of Her Crew That Night.

USS South Dakota: Nine 16-inch/45 Mark 6 rifles in three triple turrets, twenty 5-inch/38s, and by 1945 some 76 Bofors 40mm and 67 Oerlikon...

Christian D. Orr1 day ago

Battleships and heavy cruisers steam in column off Kamaishi, at the time they bombarded the iron works there, as seen from USS South Dakota (BB-57). USS Indiana (BB-58) is the nearest ship, followed by USS Massachusetts (BB-59). Cruisers Chicago (CA-136) and Quincy (CA-71) bring up the rear. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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The 45,233-Ton US Navy Battleship USS Indiana Carried 9 16-Inch Guns and 143 Anti-Aircraft Barrels, and Earned 9 Battle Stars From Marcus Island to Tokyo Bay. 2 of Her 3 Sister Ships Are Floating Museums Today. Indiana Was Stricken on 1 June 1962 and Broken Up the Following Year.

USS Indiana: Nine 16-inch/45 Mark 6 rifles in three triple turrets, twenty 5-inch/38s, and then the real wartime armament: 76 Bofors 40mm and 67...

Christian D. Orr1 day ago

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The US Navy Planned 32 Zumwalt-Class Destroyers and Built 3. Each One Cost About $10,600,000,000 With Development Included — More Than 7 Times the Original Estimate — and the 2 155mm Guns on Every Ship Were Never Fired Because Each Shell Reached $800,000.

Raytheon and the Navy are now examining whether all three ships can swap their AN/SPY-3 radars for the AN/SPY-6(V)3 already going into the rest...

Jack Buckby2 days ago

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45,000-Ton US Navy Battleship USS Alabama Was Towed Through the Panama Canal With 11 Inches of Clearance on Each Side. She Carried 9 16-Inch Guns Firing 2,700-Pound Shells, Earned 9 Battle Stars Across the Pacific, and Never Lost a Sailor to Enemy Fire.

At the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944, battleship USS Alabama's SK-2 radar picked up incoming Japanese aircraft at roughly 190 miles...

Brandon Weichert2 days ago

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All 5 of the Royal Navy’s In-Service Astute-Class Nuclear Attack Submarines Were Tied Up Alongside at the Same Time in Late June 2026, 1 of Them Stripped of Parts to Keep the Other 4 Running. The Class Will Take 28 Years to Deliver 7 Boats.

Aerospace & Defense

Investigators Are Studying Why the US Navy’s Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Was Hit With a Massive Fire and If It Could Have Been Prevented

Aerospace & Defense

Sorry, F-35: South Korea Flew 6 KF-21 Boramae Prototypes on Nearly 1,600 Sorties Over 42 Months and Declared Development Complete in July 2026.

Aerospace & Defense

Royal Navy Nuclear Missile Submarine HMS Vanguard Spent About 89 Months in Refit at Devonport. It Had Taken 83 Months to Build Her. Her 3 Sisters Averaged 42 Months for the Same Overhaul, and She Came Home in March From a 204-Day Patrol — the Longest in Royal Navy History.

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$850,000,000 Australian Submarine ‘Sank’ a $5,500,000,000 US Navy Nuclear Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier and 2 Nuclear Attack Submarines by Evading a Fleet of Warships and ‘Penetrating the Screen’

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9/11 Bought China’s Military 2 Decades to Become a Powerhouse

Aerospace & Defense

Seaman First Class Calvin Graham Was 12 Years Old Aboard the 45,233-Ton Battleship USS South Dakota at the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 14-15 November 1942. Japanese Shellfire Killed 40 of Her Crew That Night.

Aerospace & Defense

The 45,233-Ton US Navy Battleship USS Indiana Carried 9 16-Inch Guns and 143 Anti-Aircraft Barrels, and Earned 9 Battle Stars From Marcus Island to Tokyo Bay. 2 of Her 3 Sister Ships Are Floating Museums Today. Indiana Was Stricken on 1 June 1962 and Broken Up the Following Year.

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The US Navy Planned 32 Zumwalt-Class Destroyers and Built 3. Each One Cost About $10,600,000,000 With Development Included — More Than 7 Times the Original Estimate — and the 2 155mm Guns on Every Ship Were Never Fired Because Each Shell Reached $800,000.

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45,000-Ton US Navy Battleship USS Alabama Was Towed Through the Panama Canal With 11 Inches of Clearance on Each Side. She Carried 9 16-Inch Guns Firing 2,700-Pound Shells, Earned 9 Battle Stars Across the Pacific, and Never Lost a Sailor to Enemy Fire.

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