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151111-N-KM939-021 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 11, 2015) - USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) travels behind the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) during a Missile Exercise (MSLEX). Sailors from the John C. Stennis Strike Group are participating in a sustainment training exercise (SUSTEX) to prepare for future deployments. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class David A. Cox/Released)

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China’s Carefully Crafted Plan to Sink U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers in a War Comes Down to 1 Word

Sometimes, when I am lucky enough to give a lecture or speak to a group of folks interested in national security, I get the...

Harry J. KazianisMay 28, 2026

A U.S. Navy F/A-18F and F-35, both assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 9, fly over the Point Mugu Sea Range in Southern California with a U.S. Air Force F-15 during Gray Flag 2024 on Sept. 24, 2024. Gray Flag is an annual large-force test event that brings the joint force together to test and evaluate multi-domain systems in a maritime environment, ensuring our nation’s warfighters are equipped with effective, interoperable systems that will help them deter aggression, protect our nation’s prosperity and security, and return home safely to their families. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Kory Hughs)

Dollars and Sense

SpaceX Veterans Built a Mach 5 Hypersonic Missile the U.S. Navy Wants to Fire From F/A-18s by 2027

The U.S. Navy plans to fire Castelion’s Blackbeard hypersonic missile from an F/A-18 Super Hornet by 2027. Built by former SpaceX engineers, Blackbeard is...

Isaac SeitzMay 28, 2026

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Why They Call the U.S. Navy’s Seawolf-Class the F-22 Raptor of Submarines

Summary and Key Points: The United States Navy originally planned a fleet of 29 Seawolf-class attack submarines, but only 3 were built before the...

Kris OsbornMay 27, 2026

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The USS New Jersey Fired Almost as Many 16-Inch Shells in a Single Vietnam Tour as It Did in World War II and Both Korean War Tours Combined

The USS New Jersey, “The Big J” — the most-decorated battleship in United States Navy history — completed a $10 million dry-docking overhaul in...

Steve BalestrieriMay 27, 2026

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conducts high-speed turns in the Atlantic Ocean. Ford is at sea conducting sea trials following the in port portion of its 15 month post-shakedown availability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Connor Loessin).

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The U.S. Navy Will Plug the USS Gerald R. Ford Into Naval Station Norfolk to See if the Aircraft Carrier Can Power the Whole Base

Summary and Key Points: This summer, the U.S. Navy will conduct an unprecedented test, exporting electricity from the USS Gerald R. Ford’s two A1B...

Jack BuckbyMay 27, 2026

Kirov-Class Battlecruiser from Russian Navy.

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Putin’s Unfixable Mistake: The Russian Navy Looks Like It Is ‘Sinking’ Fast Thanks to the Ukraine War

Summary and Key Points: When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the Black Sea Fleet had 74 vessels, a Slava-class flagship cruiser, and overwhelming...

Harry J. KazianisMay 27, 2026

U.S. Navy Lt. Miguel Smith launches an F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the "Pukin Dogs" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143, from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) May 7, 2026. Eisenhower is underway conducting flight deck certification in the Atlantic Ocean in preparation for future operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jamison Sutton)

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U.S. Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz Is Flexing Near Cuba

The Justice Department charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro and other Cuban officials with murder for their roles in the February 24, 1996, shoot-down...

Steve BalestrieriMay 26, 2026

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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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

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HMS Vanguard Was the Last Battleship Ever Built in Human History, Never Fired Her Guns in Combat, Appeared in a War Film, and Was Sold for Scrap

HMS Vanguard was laid down in 1941 and commissioned on August 9, 1946 — after the war she was built for had already ended....

Steve BalestrieriMay 25, 2026

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China’s Carefully Crafted Plan to Sink U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers in a War Comes Down to 1 Word

Dollars and Sense

SpaceX Veterans Built a Mach 5 Hypersonic Missile the U.S. Navy Wants to Fire From F/A-18s by 2027

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Why They Call the U.S. Navy’s Seawolf-Class the F-22 Raptor of Submarines

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The USS New Jersey Fired Almost as Many 16-Inch Shells in a Single Vietnam Tour as It Did in World War II and Both Korean War Tours Combined

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The U.S. Navy Will Plug the USS Gerald R. Ford Into Naval Station Norfolk to See if the Aircraft Carrier Can Power the Whole Base

Ukraine War

Putin’s Unfixable Mistake: The Russian Navy Looks Like It Is ‘Sinking’ Fast Thanks to the Ukraine War

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

U.S. Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz Is Flexing Near Cuba

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

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HMS Vanguard Was the Last Battleship Ever Built in Human History, Never Fired Her Guns in Combat, Appeared in a War Film, and Was Sold for Scrap

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