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Photos show the final cruise of the USS Leyte Gulf as the US Navy phases out its cruiser fleet
The guided-missile cruiser returned to its homeport in Norfolk, Virginia, on May 17 after three-and…
Lauren Frias  Â
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US Navy nuclear ballistic missile submarine surfaces off Norway in unusual flex as 'Doomsday' plane flies overhead
The show of force comes amid continued tensions with Russia and follows the recent visit of a Russi…
Chris Panella  Â
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The US Navy's plan to ditch its cruisers will leave it out of a small and well-armed club
With the retirement of the last battleship two decades ago, cruisers are the US Navy's largest and …
Benjamin Brimelow  Â
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Air defenses have been key in tough battles, showing the US what it could need most for a missile war with China
In Ukraine, the Red Sea, and other areas of the Middle East, highly advanced air-defense systems ha…
Jake Epstein,Chris Panella  Â
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Ukraine used a Neptune missile to attack its own warship that Russia stole a decade ago
Russia seized the Konstantin Olshansky landing ship during its 2014 illegal annexation of the Crime…
Jake Epstein  Â
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The Navy is trying to get rid of its cruisers again, but it's heading for another fight over their fate
The US Navy says its cruisers are too old and too expensive, but Congress says they're too well arm…
Benjamin Brimelow  Â
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A Nazi attack on an ally's warships introduced the world to a weapon that militaries still love today
In September 1943, the Germans used some of the world's first precision guided munitions - a weapon…
Benjamin Brimelow  Â
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Ukrainian officials troll Russia over the sinking of its flagship missile cruiser: 'Now it's part of the submarine fleet'
Russian officials confirmed on Thursday that its Black Sea Fleet flagship sunk, but denied claims t…
Joshua Zitser  Â
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Ukraine appears to be hunting Russia's formidable S-400 air defense systems in Crimea with modified Neptune anti-ship missiles
The Neptune is the same missile used to sink the Russian cruiser Moskva last year, but now it seems…
Ryan Pickrell  Â
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New missiles could help Ukraine's future F-16 fighters to take on Russian jets, but the planes will likely be more useful for other missions
Rushing out to take on the Russian air force probably isn't the best use for the F-16s Ukraine is e…
Jake Epstein  Â
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Surprise drone attacks hint at how Ukraine is going after Russia's missile 'chokepoints'
Waves of Russian drones and missiles are taxing Ukraine's already strained air-defense network, so …
Michael Peck  Â
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What it's really like aboard a US Navy destroyer on a record-breaking, 215-day deployment at sea
Returning from nine months at sea amid a pandemic "might be a little bit like coming back from bein…
Courtney Mabeus  Â
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The sinking of Russia's Black Sea Fleet flagship highlights deadly lessons learned in another war 40 years ago
Ukraine's sinking of Russian warship Moskva this spring was an unexpected reminder of the deadly le…
Stavros Atlamazoglou  Â
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Ukraine's sinking of the Russian flagship Moskva is a 'wake-up call' for the world's top navies, experts say
Russia is refusing to say what happened to its flagship cruiser, but the Moskva's unique silhouette…
Sam Fellman  Â
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Russia says its Black Sea flagship has sunk but claims the cause was an accident not Ukrainian missiles
Russian Black Sea Fleet flagship Moskva has sunk following an explosion aboard, Russian confirmed, …
Christopher Woody,Abbie Shull  Â
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Video shows a US Navy haul of illegal weapons so big that the rifles, machine guns, and RPGs covered the deck of a missile cruiser
The US Navy's Fifth Fleet shared a video of the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey with the weapon…
Sinéad Baker  Â
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US aircraft carriers still rule the seas, but Russia and China both have plans to change that
Recent missiles tests by Russia and China underscore those countries' efforts to challenge US aircr…
Benjamin Brimelow  Â
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Why the Soviet Union's nuclear-powered cruisers spooked the US into bringing back its battleships
With the possible exception of the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, no Russian warships are as i…
Benjamin Brimelow  Â
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The US just sent a guided-missile destroyer to challenge Russia at sea as tensions simmer
Two days later, the US Navy sent two warships - the destroyer USS Stockdale and the underway replen…
Ryan Pickrell  Â
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Russia's Navy is making a big bet on new, smaller warships loaded with missiles
With new ships and submarines armed with new weapons, Russia's Navy is reminding the world it's a f…