Navy

By Commander Justin Harts, USN (USS Benfold) According to the definitive book on marine navigation familiar to most naval officers – “The American

Watch Motor Boat & Yachting sea trial this stealth HIGH SPEED military interceptor vessel which can be deployed by ship or helicopter and is powered by a

by Martin Farrer (TheGuardian) China has sent a coded warning to the United States to stay out of the South China Sea dispute after Beijing was again

by Anthony Capaccio (Bloomberg) Donald Trump is proposing an Army as big as the one President George W. Bush sent into Iraq and Afghanistan and a Navy with

By Manuel Mogato (Reuters) The Philippines expressed “grave concern” on Sunday and demanded an explanation from China’s ambassador over what

By Eli Lake (Bloomberg) There are times when I want President Barack Obama to invent a global crisis for John Kerry to solve, just to keep his secretary of

by Chris Stephen (TheGuardian) Chaotic and deadly scenes are unfolding off the Libyan coast as record numbers of migrants attempt the dangerous crossing to

By Eli Lake (Bloomberg) In early August, Japan’s Coast Guard witnessed an unconventional Chinese assault on its territorial waters. According to Japanese

Today’s Ship Photo Of The Day (SPOTD) is the Russian nuclear Battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy. Technically the Russian Navy designation is Kirov class

By David Axe (Reuters) Four times last week, speedboats belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – a sort of government-sanctioned Islamic

by Anthony Capaccio (Bloomberg) The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer has ordered an independent review of the $12.9 billion Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier,

The United States 10 times as many aircraft carriers as any other country. So why don’t more countries have more carriers? Maybe they aren’t such a

Today’s Ship Photo Of The Day (SPOTD) is the Chinese Navy spy ship Yuanwang-5. The Yuanwang (which means “Long View” in Mandarin) class of

Four Iranian boats “harassed” a US Navy warship near the Persian Gulf, ignoring orders to back off, gCaptain reported yesterday. A defense official said

by Idrees Ali (Reuters) Four vessels from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) “harassed” a U.S. destroyer on Tuesday by carrying

by  Jiyeun Lee (Bloomberg) North Korea launched a ballistic missile from a submarine off its east coast early Wednesday, in a move that comes as South

by Ben Blanchard (Reuters) China’s navy has carried out drills in the Sea of Japan, the Chinese military’s official newspaper said on Friday,

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) A U.S. Navy sailor was sentenced on Friday to one year in prison for illegally taking photos inside restricted areas of a nuclear

By Vice Adm. Paul Grosklags (US Navy) 3-D printing works by using digital design data to build components in layers of metal, plastic and other materials. The

by Brian Parkin (Bloomberg) The U.S. accepted Australia’s offer to supply biofuel for its Asia-Pacific fleet, advancing the U.S. Navy’s goal of getting