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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gets powerful ships to confront adversaries well beyond the Persian Gulf
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) added missile corvettes and a mothership for specia…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Photos: Riding aboard the Navy's new littoral combat ship
The U.S. Navy has just unveiled one of its latest ships: the Kansas City LCS 22, an Independence-Cl…
Ted Soqui
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Trump jokes that he helped design US Navy's newest 'yacht with missiles'
"That's a terrible-looking ship, let's make it beautiful. It'll cost you the same, and maybe less,"…
David Choi
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The US Navy just picked a builder for its new frigate, but there may already be a problem ahead
The US Navy's projections for the cost of its new frigates may be too rosy.
Christopher Woody
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The Navy is tasking 'combat-ready' SEALs to develop new ways to take on 'the most stressing hard targets'
Allowing "combat-ready forces" to work new tactics and techniques is helping solve "key operational…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Here's why the Navy's newest littoral combat ship just tumbled into the water sideways
While both classes are open-ocean capable, they are designed for operations close to shore, with mo…
Christopher Woody
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The US Navy's struggle to keep ships in fighting shape is leading sailors to 'cannibalize' more parts from other ships
The US Navy "has had a significant problem with unplanned work," an expert with the Government Acco…
Michael Peck
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SOCOM has tough, high-speed boats to get operators on target in any conditions, and they're not just for SEALs
The US Navy's Special Boat Teams and the highly capable boats they operate do a lot more than just …
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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The Navy says it fired the top 2 officers of the combat ship USS Montgomery due to 'loss of confidence in their ability to command'
According to media reports, the Navy fired the commanding officer and executive officer over their …
Michelle Mark
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The US Navy's much criticized Littoral Combat Ships could soon pack a punch
The mine clearing module will equip an LCS with a myriad of anti-mine countermeasures. These includ…
Ben Brimelow
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The US Navy just commissioned its newest littoral combat ship, the $440 million USS Omaha
The US Navy commissioned its newest warship, the USS Omaha, on Saturday. The futuristic, $440 mil…
Associated Press,Daniel Brown
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Amid worries about China's growing navy, the US Navy is only asking for 4 new combat ships next year
The latest budget request asks for just eight ships, only four of which are warships, as China cont…
Ryan Pickrell
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What It Looks Like When A Navy Ship Does A Donut
It's too bad donuts don't translate to combat serviceability, something the LCS program has struggl…
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The US Navy's giving a stealth Zumwalt destroyer control of drone ships and aircraft for a future naval combat experiment
The Navy will give the stealth destroyer control of the unmanned assets in an exercise looking at p…
Ryan Pickrell
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US Navy aircraft carriers may soon be fighting alongside unmanned ships and pilotless aircraft
With its unmanned ships and aircraft, the Navy is trying to "move very fast" and, like Google, "fai…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Tests Show The Navy's $37 Billion Computerized Ship Is Vulnerable To Hackers
The LCS is designed to perform close to shore and with as little crew as possible while relying on …
Robert Johnson
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Navy SEALs are refocusing to fight China and Russia. Here's what current and former members say they're up against.
After two decades of counterterrorism operations, the Navy's special operators are shifting to take…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Forget Sequester: The Navy Just Ordered Two More $440 Million Littoral Combat Ships
The Littoral Combat Ship is joked about inside the Navy as the "Little Crappy Ship". To be fair, th…
Robert Johnson
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US special-operations units have a daring way to board enemy ships, but it's not just for Navy SEALs
With their unique skills, SEALs have been the go-to choice to board, search, and seize ships, but t…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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The military's 'war for talent' is affecting what the Navy's future ships will look like
"What we have to think about - and we're sort of a platform-centric service, both us and the Marine…