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Weak shipbuilding could be the US Navy's Achilles' heel in a war with China
A hollowed out industrial base, which the Navy depends on, could spell trouble for the sea service …
Chris Panella
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US vs. Chinese replenishment ships: The workhorses that keep aircraft carriers operating
China is relatively new to replenishment ships and tends to build new vessels. The US Navy has 100 …
Benjamin Brimelow
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A deployed US Navy fuel ship suffered damage after apparently running into something in the Middle East
The replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn was involved in what the latest reports say was an "allision"…
Jake Epstein
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US Navy destroyers unscathed after fighting off a complex attack of cruise and ballistic missiles and exploding drones
The Houthis launched a complex attack consisting of anti-ship missiles and drones, a Pentagon spoke…
Jake Epstein
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USS White River: How the US Navy transformed a landing vessel into a legendary rocket artillery ship
Today's US Navy is poorly equipped to support a landing force, but that wasn't the case decades ago…
Benjamin Brimelow
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The US Navy fired nearly $2 billion in weapons over a year of fighting in the Middle East
The figure covers the Navy's campaign against the Houthis in the Red Sea and its efforts to defend …
Jake Epstein
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The US Navy says it can't stop the Houthi attacks on shipping with force alone
Vice Adm. George Wikoff, the commander of US Naval Forces Central Command, said the solution to the…
Jake Epstein
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The US Navy's Eisenhower carrier strike group racked up over 100 drone and missile kills battling the Houthis
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group spent months engaged in Red Sea combat operations aga…
Jake Epstein
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The Navy's top ballistic missile interceptor comes with a heavy price tag, but the US can't afford to go to war without it
American warships have fired the multi-million-dollar Standard Missile-3 interceptor twice this yea…
Chris Panella,Jake Epstein
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The US Navy is burning through missiles in the Middle East that it would need in a war with China
Conflicts in the Middle East have raised concerns about the stockpiles of key interceptors the US w…
Jake Epstein,Chris Panella
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US Navy warships fought off a 'complex' missile and drone attack in the Red Sea
A Pentagon spokesperson said no US warships were damaged or hit by the Houthi munitions, and no Ame…
Jake Epstein
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US Navy's new submarines are 'in crisis' as costs balloon by $17 billion, lawmaker says
The Navy's nuclear-powered Virginia class sub, which it's supposed to build two of a year, is facin…
Chris Panella
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US Navy aviators killed in stateside Growler fighter jet crash flew combat strike missions off a carrier in the Red Sea fight
They were among only a few women to fly combat missions over land, the Navy's Carrier Strike Group …
Jake Epstein
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New videos capture US Navy destroyer firing interceptors to fend off Iranian ballistic missiles launched at Israel
The Pentagon said US warships fired around a dozen interceptors to help defend Israel from the mass…
Jake Epstein
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How the US Navy's ice cream ships boosted morale aboard warships during World War II
The service began adding ice cream makers to ships prior to World War I and resorted to operating r…
Lauren Frias
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The US Navy is battling 'the best Iranian technology' in the Red Sea and changing how it fights to beat it, admiral says
US forces in the Red Sea have been intercepting missiles and drones launched by the Iran-backed Hou…
Jake Epstein
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The US Navy needs to find more ships it can load up with missiles amid shipbuilding delays, Congress says with eyes on China
The short-term solutions come as big projects are delayed and lawmakers worry about the US ability …
Chris Panella
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A US Navy aircraft carrier has left the Middle East, ending a rare show of force
Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt was sent to the Middle East in June to take over the Navy's…
Jake Epstein
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This new air-to-air missile appears to be the US Navy's answer to the growing reach of China's weapons
China has been developing air-to-air missiles with increasingly greater range. The US Navy seems to…
Chris Panella
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The US Navy is about to launch a submarine built for a mixed-gender crew, the first of its kind
The USS New Jersey, designed for a co-ed crew, is set to join the US fleet on Saturday. A ban on wo…