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Feb 22, 2023

That time a warship pretended to be an island

Sometimes in life, the guy with the drunken, so-crazy-it-just-might-work ideas hits one out of the park and saves the day. This is clearly what happened in 1942 aboard the HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen, the last Dutch warship standing after the

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Feb 22, 2023

BYOrvelin Valle

Aug 16, 2022

This is the deadliest airplane ever, period, end of discussion

In the 1950s, Lockheed Martin designed the C-130 with transport in mind, by the end of the 1960s, Boeing converted the lumbering giant into one of the deadliest aircraft in the world. Its endurance and capacity to carry munitions made it the perfect…

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BYOrvelin Valle

Aug 16, 2022

BYHarold C. Hutchison

Jan 20, 2021

The Cyclone-class patrol craft is the Navy’s smallest warship

Gigantic warships equipped with massive amounts of firepower, like Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and Nimitz-class carriers, immediately spring to mind when we think “United States Navy.” But not every ship in service is a seafaring behemoth — i…

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BYHarold C. Hutchison

Jan 20, 2021

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

The story of a Navy warship’s dangerous encounter with Russian fighters

When the Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook sailed into the Baltic Sea in April 2016, it had been more than two years since Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine. Tensions between Russia and its NATO and European neighbors were still high, an…

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BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

The US Navy just sunk an old warship with new ship-killer missile

The littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords launched a Naval Strike Missile on Oct. 1, 2019, marking the first time the NSM has been fired in the Indo-Pacific region, the Navy told Insider. The NSM, along with additional firepower…

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BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

Navy ship leads the way for more powerful laser weapons

A Navy warship is getting a laser five times stronger than the one the service has tested in the past, and officials say it could lead the way for more vessels to head to sea with similar weapons. The amphibious transport dock ship Portlan…

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Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

This squid-like underwater drone will blow up warships

An underwater drone which moves like a squid and can explode on command was one of the stranger weapons on display at a massive arms fair in London. The device, named the Sea Hunting Autonomous Reconnaissance Drone (SHARD), is being marketed b…

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BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

China launches new combat-ready unmanned warship

China has launched a new “world-leading unmanned warship” that is supposedly ready for combat, Chinese media reports. The JARI multi-purpose unmanned combat vessel, a new product of the state-owned China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, is…

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BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYAlex Hollings

Apr 29, 2020

US Navy now accepting pitches for the world’s largest drone warship

The United States military has relied on drone aircraft for years, but to date, few other automated platforms have made their way into America’s warfighting apparatus — that is, until recently anyway. After achieving a number of successes with the…

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BYAlex Hollings

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Here’s the heavy US and UK naval firepower ready near Iran

Iran on July 19, 2019, said it seized a British oil tanker and its crew amid reports it diverted a second tanker toward Iran within hours of the seizure in a clear message to the UK and the US that it’s willing to get aggressive in a feud over oil …

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BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

The UK is sending another warship to the Persian Gulf

The UK is deploying an additional frigate and a support ship to the Persian Gulf region, although the

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BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

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Apr 29, 2020

China sends ship to spy on war games

The Australian military is monitoring a Chinese surveillance vessel believed to have been sent to spy on the Talisman Saber war games being held along the coast of Queensland. The People’s Liberation Army Navy Type 815G Dongdiao-class Auxilia…

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BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

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Apr 29, 2020

US Navy destroyer tracks advanced Russian warship in the Caribbean

One of Russia’s most advanced warships is sailing around in the Caribbean, but it’s not alone, as the US Navy has dispatched a destroyer to keep a close eye on it. The Admiral Gorshkov, the first of a new class of Russian frigates b…

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BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

US quietly lowers threshold for conflict in the South China Sea

The US has been steadily ratcheting up the pressure on China’s sea forces in a way that could lower the threshold for conflict in the South China Sea, already a hotbed of tension and dispute. The US is signaling a tougher stance toward the Ch…

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BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYUnited States Navy

Apr 29, 2020

US aircraft carrier and Japanese warships sail together in South China Sea

The Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) participated in a cooperative deployment with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ships JS Izumo (DH-183), JS Murasame (DD-101) and JS Akeb…

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BYUnited States Navy

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Naval expert says Russians are to blame for near-collision at sea

When the US Navy accused Russia of “unsafe and unprofessional” behavior at sea after a dangerous close encounter between a Russian destroyer and a US cruiser June 7, 2019, Russia quickly released a statement countering the US version of events.</p…

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BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

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Apr 29, 2020

Russian admiral says there’s nothing weird about sunbathing sailors

When a Russian destroyer came close to colliding with a US Navy warship on June 7, 2019, Russian sailors were spotted sunbathing on the deck. A retired Russian admiral says there’s nothing weird about that. Russian Admiral Valentin Selivanov,…

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BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

During showdown with US Navy, Russian sailors were caught… sunbathing?

A Russian destroyer and a US Navy cruiser nearly collided at sea on June 7, 2019. Videos released by the Navy appear to show Russian sailors sunbathing shirtless on the back of their warship during this close encounter. The Russian destroyer

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BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Watch how close this Russian destroyer came to hitting US warship

The US Navy caught a Russian destroyer on video nearly colliding with a US warship in a dangerous close encounter at sea. The Russian destroyer Admiral Vinogradov closed with the US Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS

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BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Here’s why the aircraft carrier sent to confront Iran is hanging back

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier is hanging back outside the Persian Gulf, where US carriers have sailed for decades, amid concerns that tensions with Iran could boil over. The US deployed a carrier strike group, bomber task f…

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BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Aussie Navy pilots targeted with laser beams in South China Sea

Australian navy helicopter pilots were hit with laser beams from fishing boats during military exercises in the South China Sea in May 2019, an analyst who was observing Australia’s operations said. Euan Graham, an Asian security expert at Me…

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BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Navy says it’s finally ready to test railgun

The US Navy is planning to finally test the electromagnetic railgun it has spent years and hundreds of millions of dollars developing aboard a warship, according to new documents detailing the service’s testing and training plans. Unlike conv…

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BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

US ally withdraws warship from a carrier group sent to challenge Iran

A European ally has decided to pull a warship away from a US carrier strike group sent to deter a possible Iranian attack on American interests, according to multiple reports. The Spanish frigate Méndez Núñez and its 215 sailors ar…

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BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

The US Navy stared down China in the South China Sea

Two US Navy destroyers challenged China’s excessive maritime claims in the South China Sea May 6, 2019, angering Beijing. The guided-missile destroyers USS Preble and USS Chung-Hoon conducted a freedom-of-navigation operatio…

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BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

US & India practiced hunting subs together; keeping an eye on China

The US and India practiced hunting submarines in the Indian Ocean last week, a first for the two nations since the signing of a major agreement making it easier to keep track of Chinese undersea assets. US and Indian P-8 multi-mission maritime…

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BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020