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US spy plane flies through the Taiwan Strait days after German warships angered China by sailing through
China's military said it tracked and tailed the US P-8A anti-submarine patrol craft flying through …
Chris Panella
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German warships ignored China's complaints and sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time in over 2 decades
Berlin's ships passed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time in over 20 years, making it the …
Chris Panella
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German warships visit the Philippines amid its South China Sea clashes after angering Beijing by sailing through the Taiwan Strait
The German Navy ships recently passed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time in over 20 years…
Chris Panella
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German frigate Hessen sailors were on watch 12 hours a day in the Red Sea with only seconds to react to threats in the 'worst case scenario'
The German warship spent several weeks deployed to volatile Middle Eastern waters to protect commer…
Jake Epstein
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NATO navies can exploit a Russian fear and keep Putin from invading more neighbors
NATO's naval power may not be much help if Russian tanks invade the Baltic States. But it could sti…
Michael Peck
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German frigate Hessen accidentally opened fire on an American drone, nearly costing the US another Reaper in its Red Sea fight
Germany's frigate Hessen accidentally targeted a US MQ-9 Reaper drone, but a malfunction saved it. …
Jake Epstein,Ryan Pickrell
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How US sailors pulled off a daring high-seas mission to save a sinking Nazi submarine and capture its secrets
As Allied troops prepared to invade France in June 1944, the US Navy was trying to deliver another …
Benjamin Brimelow
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A US Navy battleship all but sunk at Pearl Harbor was brought back to life to battle the Germans on D-Day. The military later blasted it with a nuclear bomb.
The atomic testing severely damaged USS Nevada and left the famous ship radioactive. It was eventua…
Jake Epstein
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Photos show the recently discovered wreck of a World War II-era submarine more than 80 years after a German sub sank it
Researchers consulted with both the Norwegian and British navies before confirming the submarine wa…
Erin Snodgrass
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The hunt for Germany's largest warship proved that U-boats were the Nazis' best weapon
The battleship Bismarck was the German navy's crown jewel, but its sinking in May 1941 convinced Hi…
Benjamin Brimelow
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A first-of-its-kind bomber test 20 years before World War II spelled the beginning of the end of the battleship era
In July 1921, the US military got a glimpse of the tactics that would transform naval warfare over …
Benjamin Brimelow
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An ex-US Navy SEAL deserter who went to fight for Ukraine was killed by Russian rocket-propelled grenade, reports say
Daniel W. Swift died fighting in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, making him the sixth American to die in …
Bethany Dawson
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The British navy still celebrates a famous World War II aircraft carrier that gave Hitler fits
For two years, HMS Ark Royal defied German attempts to sink it. In November 1941, its luck finally …
Benjamin Brimelow
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How the British air force's newest jets commemorate a daring and costly World War II bombing mission
To attack the heart of the Nazi war machine, the British air force brought in some of the best pilo…
Benjamin Brimelow
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The US Navy's newest fleet is keeping an eye on the North Atlantic with a first-of-its-kind deployment
"Live interaction" with another navy's ships "is something you can't replicate," Vice Adm. Daniel D…
Christopher Woody
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Deep-sea divers helped solve a century-old U-boat mystery in the waters between the UK and France
British divers helped confirm the identity of two German U-boats found at the bottom of the English…
Vivienne Machi
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The Nazis were already shooting at US warships months before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
The US officially declared war on the Nazis on December 11, 1941, but the US Navy had already been …
Benjamin Brimelow
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A daring but costly British raid kept the Nazis from repairing their biggest warship
By spring 1942, the British had survived the Battle of Britain and opened a second front in North A…
Benjamin Brimelow
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As Russia's ground forces struggle in Ukraine, NATO navies are staying focused on Moscow's submarines
"One should never underestimate one's adversary," the US Navy's top civilian official said this mon…
Christopher Woody
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US Navy may analyze underwater audio recordings of Nord Stream gas pipelines' suspected attack, report says
The Navy told CNN it was prepared to help investigations into the Nord Stream pipeline damage but d…