The Tomahawk missile is famous for attacking stationary targets on land, but except for a short-lived anti-ship variant now out of service, it had not been used against mobile or floating targets. That changed dramatically two years ago when a modified Tomahawk punched a hole through a shipping container on the deck of a moving merchant ship (video … [Read more...]
Australian Navy Seizes Huge Weapons Cache Off Somalia
NAIROBI, March 7 (Reuters) - An Australian Navy ship has seized a huge cache of weapons near Oman's coast from a fishing vessel bound for Somalia, the navy said on Monday, exposing a possible violation of a U.N. Security Council arms embargo. The United Nations has a decades-long arms embargo in place against Somalia, which has been mired in conflict since civil war broke … [Read more...]
One Big Chart Showing All The Missiles That Can Sink A Ship
The first anti-ship missiles (ASMs), developed and built by Nazi Germany, used radio command guidance and technology has rapidly improved in the intervening years. Most of today's anti-ship missiles are of the sea skimming variety, and many use both inertial guidance and active radar homing. A good number of other anti-ship missiles … [Read more...]
U.S. Navy Deploys First Laser Weapon in Persian Gulf
By Tony Capaccio Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Navy has deployed on a command ship in the Persian Gulf its first laser weapon capable of destroying a target. The amphibious transport ship USS Ponce has been patrolling with a prototype 30-kilowatt-class Laser Weapon System since late August, according to officials. The laser is mounted facing the bow, and can be fired in … [Read more...]
American Crew Returns Home After 52 Days in Honduras Jail
By Letitia Stein TAMPA, Fla., July 2 (Reuters) - Crew members of a Florida-based salvage ship who had been jailed for 52 days in Honduras on gun smuggling charges were welcomed back to their home port on Wednesday after a Honduran court dismissed the case against them. The crew's six men, aged 26 to 60, were freed last week following diplomatic efforts involving the U.S. … [Read more...]