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USS Paul F. Foster (DD 964) – the last survivor of the Spruance Class

By On September 21, 2010

Built by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, MS in 1973/4, USS Paul F. Foster (DD 964) was the 2nd ship of the Spruance-class and is the only one left that hasn’t [...]

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Container Based Cruise Missiles

By On April 6, 2010

The USNI blog tells us why container based cruise missiles might not be so far off in their latest edition of The Problem With Proliferation: Cruise Missile Edition: Fiction you [...]

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USS Fort Worth’s (LSC 3) Keel Laid

By On July 14, 2009

Saturday, a Lockheed Martin led team held a keel-laying ceremony at Marinette Marine’s shipyard for the USS Fort Worth, marking the start of construction for the U.S. Navy’s third Littoral [...]

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The Protector – Anti Piracy Robot

By On December 10, 2007

Want to know more about The Protector? Popular Mechanics tells us; Robots versus pirates—it’s not as stupid, or unlikely, as it sounds. Piracy has exploded in the waters near Somalia, [...]

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