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Newport News Shipbuilding has completed installation of the flight deck on the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy. The USS John F Kennedy is the second Gerald R Ford-Class aircraft carrier currently under construction for the US Navy and is due to be commissioned in 2020. A recent milestone was achieved …

Finally! Japan to launch its first aircraft carrier since WWII equipped with F-35 super-fighter jets Tokyo will launch its first aircraft carriers since the end of World War II to accommodate a growing number of stealth fighters, long-range missiles and other equipment adding to the Japan Self-Defence Forces (JSDF). The …

Raytheon Co has released a new video of MAD-FIRES Defense System that would take out multiple waves of anti-ship missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and other threats. The MAD-FIRES Defense System  capable of would take out multiple waves of enemy missiles, and other threats, including Chinese-made modern missile. A marketing video …

Norway has found a radiation level 800,000 times higher than normal at the wreck of a Russian navy submarine. The Komsomolets sank in the Norwegian Sea in 1989 after a fire on board killed 42 sailors. The submarine is also known as K-278 in Russia, and it sank carrying two …

The U.S. Coast Guard made quite the drug bust in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in June 2019, and footage from that bust has just been released. On Thursday (July 11), the U.S. Coast Guard released footage showing crew members of the Cutter Munro in pursuit of a partially submerged submarine. …

US President Donald Trump has blamed Iran for attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. on June 13, 2019, Two Oil Tankers was set on fire off the coast of Iran after the apparent torpedo attack The attacks have raised fears of a confrontation in the vital …

A huge oil tanker turned into a fireball after a suspected torpedo attack off the coast of Iran. A second tanker was said to have been targeted by a magnetic mine in a “suspicious” series of explosions. The huge vessels – identified as the Front Altair and Kokuka Courageous ships …

The new Ford-class supercarriers are being delivered to the US Navy without the ability to deploy with the service’s new stealth fighters, and lawmakers have decided to put a stop to it. It’s very difficult to get something like an aircraft carrier cheaply and quickly and have it work well. …

A Russian destroyer nearly collided with an American guided-missile cruiser in the Philippine Sea, the U.S. Navy said on Friday, calling the incident “unsafe and unprofessional.” The Russian Pacific Fleet, meanwhile, blamed the U.S. for the close encounter. Videos released by the Navy appear to show Russian sailors sunbathing shirtless …

A Russian destroyer nearly collided with an American guided-missile cruiser in the Philippine Sea, the U.S. Navy said on Friday, calling the incident “unsafe and unprofessional.” The Russian Pacific Fleet, meanwhile, blamed the U.S. for the close encounter. The U.S. Navy released an aerial photo and dramatic video of the …