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The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) transits the Atlantic Ocean, March 19, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-in-class ship of Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the U.S. Navy’s capacity to project power on a global scale. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins)

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China Built a Full-Scale Replica of a Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier in the Gobi Desert to Practice Destroying It — the Navy Is Still Debating EMALS

Summary and Key Points: China has spent the last decade constructing a full-scale replica of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier on a...

Andrew LathamMay 26, 2026

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Trump on Ford-Class Supercarrier: ‘We’re going to be upping that to a different class of aircraft carrier’

Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao has inherited the Ford-class aircraft carrier review launched by his predecessor, John Phelan, and, with it, the...

Brent M. EastwoodMay 26, 2026

PUGET SOUND, Wash. (Sept. 11, 2017) The Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23) transits the Hood Canal as the boat returns home to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor. Jimmy Carter is the last and most advanced of the Seawolf-class attack submarines, which are all homeported at Naval Base Kitsap. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Michael Smith/Released)

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33 Percent of America’s Rare Seawolf-Class ‘Apex Predator’ Nuclear Attack Submarines Will Be Retired

The USS Connecticut (SSN-22), one of only three Seawolf-class submarines ever built, struck an underwater mountain in the South China Sea in October 2021,...

Reuben JohnsonMay 26, 2026

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NASA Was Banned From Having SR-71 Blackbirds in the 1970s, So the Agency Disguised One as a YF-12 and Flew It With a Fake Tail Number for Years

Summary and Key Points: NASA received an SR-71 Blackbird in the 1970s despite being officially prohibited from possessing the strategic reconnaissance variant. To conceal...

Stephen SilverMay 25, 2026

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Japan Built a Diesel-Electric Submarine So Stealthy It Can Hide for Weeks Without Surfacing — and China Is So Scared of It That Tokyo Won’t Sell It

Japan’s Soryu-class diesel-electric attack submarine achieves something once considered impossible for non-nuclear boats: weeks of submerged operation without surfacing. The Kockums Stirling AIP engine,...

Brandon WeichertMay 25, 2026

PUERTO PRINCESSA, Philippines - (Dec. 9, 2018) - The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Greenville (SSN 772).

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A Russian Submarine Hit a U.S. Navy Attack Sub From Below Weeks After the Cold War Ended, and the Russian Crew Painted a Victory Star on Their Sail

Summary and Key Points: Seven weeks after the Soviet Union dissolved, a Russian Sierra-class submarine designated K-276 Crab surfaced directly beneath the USS Baton...

Harry J. KazianisMay 25, 2026

Dollars and Sense

U.S. Navy Sailors Miss Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Milestones for Months at a Time — So the Navy Built an Entire Program Just to Keep Them Sane

Summary and Key Points: Naval service demands a sacrifice that goes beyond combat risk. Sailors routinely deploy for six to twelve months, missing children’s...

Brent M. EastwoodMay 25, 2026

Dollars and Sense

The USS Massachusetts Was Called the Worst Battleship Ever Built — Then the Navy Sank It for Target Practice, and It Finally Became Useful

Summary and Key Points: The USS Massachusetts (BB-2) was America’s first modern battleship and arguably its worst. Designed for coastal defense rather than blue-water...

Brandon WeichertMay 25, 2026

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Nuclear Attack Submarine USS Scorpion Sank in 1968 With 99 Men Aboard and the U.S. Navy Still Does Not Know Why

Summary and Key Points: The Skipjack-class nuclear attack submarines were the fastest SSNs in the world when they debuted in 1959, capable of 33...

Christian OrrMay 25, 2026

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China Built a Full-Scale Replica of a Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier in the Gobi Desert to Practice Destroying It — the Navy Is Still Debating EMALS

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump on Ford-Class Supercarrier: ‘We’re going to be upping that to a different class of aircraft carrier’

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

33 Percent of America’s Rare Seawolf-Class ‘Apex Predator’ Nuclear Attack Submarines Will Be Retired

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

NASA Was Banned From Having SR-71 Blackbirds in the 1970s, So the Agency Disguised One as a YF-12 and Flew It With a Fake Tail Number for Years

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Japan Built a Diesel-Electric Submarine So Stealthy It Can Hide for Weeks Without Surfacing — and China Is So Scared of It That Tokyo Won’t Sell It

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

A Russian Submarine Hit a U.S. Navy Attack Sub From Below Weeks After the Cold War Ended, and the Russian Crew Painted a Victory Star on Their Sail

Dollars and Sense

U.S. Navy Sailors Miss Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Milestones for Months at a Time — So the Navy Built an Entire Program Just to Keep Them Sane

Dollars and Sense

The USS Massachusetts Was Called the Worst Battleship Ever Built — Then the Navy Sank It for Target Practice, and It Finally Became Useful

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Nuclear Attack Submarine USS Scorpion Sank in 1968 With 99 Men Aboard and the U.S. Navy Still Does Not Know Why

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