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Japan’s submarine tradition stretches from the Imperial Japanese Navy’s deadly World War II boats—highlighted here by I-168’s role at Midway—to a smaller, highly advanced...
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Japan’s submarine tradition stretches from the Imperial Japanese Navy’s deadly World War II boats—highlighted here by I-168’s role at Midway—to a smaller, highly advanced...
USS Abraham Lincoln is shifting from the South China Sea to the Red Sea as Washington signals resolve amid unrest in Iran and renewed...
Larger Than the Nimitz: Why the Navy Sent Its F0rd-class $13 Billion Supercarrier to Venezuela The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is the largest...
A retired UK rear admiral and former Ministry of Defence nuclear-policy director warns the SSN-AUKUS effort is at high risk because the Royal Navy’s...
The USS Illinois (BB-65) was poised to be a naval juggernaut—a 45,000-ton Iowa-class battleship armed with nine punishing 16-inch guns. Originally conceived during the...
After 50 years of service, the USS Nimitz has returned to Bremerton, Washington, for the last time, marking the end of its legendary career....
The Pennsylvania-class—USS Pennsylvania and USS Arizona—marked a U.S. Navy shift toward “standard-type” battleships built to operate together with shared handling and performance. The ships...
Nevada-Class Battleships Changed U.S. Warship Design With “All-Or-Nothing” Armor The Nevada-class battleships were a small, two-ship class, but had an outsized influence on subsequent...
F/A-XX, the Navy’s carrier-based sixth-generation fighter, is stuck in limbo despite years of analysis and at least $2.5 billion in RDT&E. With China expanding...
Iowa-class battleships combined heavy guns with modern missiles, including long-range Tomahawks, and proved their relevance again in the 1991 Gulf War. That legacy fuels...