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Navy Secretly Tests Trident II D5 Life Extension 2
Neither the US Navy nor Britain's Royal Navy, the only operators of the Trident II D5, has publicly confirmed the test
09/24/25Read it on Interesting EngineeringToday’s Destroyers Are ‘Tin Cans’
Churchill called capital ships eggshells smiting one another with hammers, and Jutland, Pearl Harbor, and the Yamato proved him right....
1d agoRead it on 1945How Digital Twins Can Strengthen Naval Readiness
Anyone paying attention to the news can agree we have to do everything we can to extend our naval advantage....
1d agoRead it on RealClearDefenseU.S. Navy’s First San Antonio Flight II USS Harrisburg Completes Sea Trials
As the lead vessel of the San Antonio-class Flight II variant, the 25,300-tonne amphibious transport dock incorporates over 200 modifications...
1d agoRead it on Global Defense News
How Digital Twins Can Strengthen Naval Readiness Before a Crisis Begins
We rightly regard the nuclear submarine as one of the most complex machines people have ever built. It operates in deep water for months at a time. It provides a self-sustaining habitat generating its own oxygen and water, navigating the depths without conventional GPS, while being quietly propelled by a nuclear power plant.
Blue Angels Pilot Scott Laux Removed for Failing To Uphold Standards
Maj. Scott Laux, the opposing solo flying jet No. 6 and second-year member of the Blue Angels, was removed from the flight demonstration squadron and...
2d agoRead it on Pensacola News JournalBig Surface Combatants are so Hot Right Now
...all the cool kids are getting them......
4d agoRead it on CDR SalamanderA U.S. Navy Fleet for 21st Century Deterrence and Combat
The United States Navy is contending with a new era of competition after more than 80 years as the world’s dominant maritime force....
4d agoRead it on Hudson InstituteUSS Stout Loses Power During Port Visit Due to ‘Engineering Casualty’
USS Stout (DDG-55) was in port in Augusta Bay, Italy, for a scheduled port visit on Oct. 25 when it experienced an engineering casualty, causing the...
5d agoRead it on USNI NewsNavy Unfairly Evaluated Saildrone Musv Proposal, Court Finds
... the Navy must reevaluate Saildrone’s proposal within the next two months, and is barred from spending a large chunk of its MUSV budget until that...
6d agoRead it on Breaking DefenseHII and Thales Demonstrate UUV with End-to-End Autonomous MCM
Together, these technologies demonstrated a complete “Find, Fix, Finish” mission chain of mine countermeasure operations ......
6d agoRead it on Naval News
The Gulf of Finland’s Forgotten Islands
By Ben Poulin • RealClearDefense
NATO’s New Spending Pledge Must Buy Real Energy Resilience
By Chuck Dockery • RealClearDefense
The Army Needs a Data Logistics Discipline Before the Next Surge
By Steve Ferenzi • RealClearDefense
2949 Marine Prisoners, Hostages, and Peacetime Governmental Detainees Since Our Corps' Founding
By Jon Couch • RealClearDefense
America Must Win the Biotech Race Against China
By Rob Maness • RealClearDefense
U.S. Air Force To Arm C-17 Cargo Aircraft With Cruise Missiles
By C. Jones, Defence Blog
How Marine Vet Ernest Langdon Became a Renowned Shooter & Gunsmith
By WATM
In First, Two CCAs Fly Air Combat Maneuvers Using Autonomy Software
By A&SF
Space Force Launches Mission Operations Center
By Jon Harper, DefenseScoop
Pentagon Mulls Placing Fleet of Military Satellites Around the Moon
By Ars Technica