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USS Zumwalt Will Be First Ship Armed With Hypersonic Missile
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What's Behind U.S. Navy's Worst Warship Production in 25 Years?
The Navy’s ability to build lower-cost warships that can shoot down Houthi rebel missiles in the Red Sea depends in part on a 25-year-old laborer who...

U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy, Irish Sisters Christen USS Patrick Gallagher
BATH, Maine (AP) — With an Irish flag overhead and bagpipes playing, three sisters of an Irish-born recipient of the Navy Cross christened a warship...

U.S. Navy
Navy Christens Newest Destroyer USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr.
BATH, Maine (AP) — Marine 1st Lt. Harvey “Barney” Barnum jumped to the ground when he came under fire during an ambush in Vietnam that killed his...

U.S. Navy
Shipyard, Union Reach Tentative Deal to End Strike in Maine
BATH, Maine (AP) — Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works and production workers reached a tentative agreement to end a strike that has stretched on for...

U.S. Navy
Bath Iron Works Shipbuilders Are on the Verge of Striking
BATH, Maine — The largest union at U. S.

U.S. Navy
Zumwalt-Class Destroyer USS Lyndon B. Johnson Commissioned
BATH, Maine (AP) — Former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s daughters christened a stealthy warship bearing his name Saturday, smacking Champagne bottles...

Military Personnel
Military Recruits Getting Made-in-the-USA Trainers
NORRIDGEWOCK, Maine (AP) — Thanks to congressional intervention, military recruits are going be outfitted in Made-in-the-USA goods right down to their...

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Bath Iron Works Adapting to Modern-Day Shipbuilding
BATH, Maine (AP) — After a stormy chapter in labor relations, the leader of Bath Iron Works aims to collaborate more with workers as the shipbuilder...

Sea (Maritime, Naval Operations)
Navy Wants Small Warships That Pack a Bigger Punch
BATH, Maine (AP) — The Navy’s fast-and-maneuverable littoral combat ship was criticized for lacking enough firepower and armor to survive a maritime...

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By Brian Glyn Williams • RealClearDefense
The Godfather of American Foreign Policy Realism Speaks to Today’s World
By Francis P. Sempa • RealClearDefense
In Pursuit of Nuclear Abolition
By Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
Innovation Alone Won’t Prepare the U.S. for the Future Battlefield
By Joshua Segal • RealClearDefense
The sUAS Tactical Trifecta
By Bryan T. Woody • RealClearDefense

Navy Civilianizes Six Former Flag Billets, Reduces Six to Captains
By Mongilio, USNI N.
Raytheon's $8B Contract for Strategic Comms Terminal Modernization
By M+A El
America’s Maritime Moment Will Not Wait
By CDR Salamander
Armor Up?
By Marine Corps Compass Points
Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki • RealClearDefense
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