Warships are a critical component of any military, but some ships were designed to intimidate through their sheer size. Here ...

While the US Navy is developing tiny torpedoes that might one day arm the Orca flotilla, mines are ready today. And laying those mines, each powerful enough to sink all but the largest Chinese ships, ...

A drawn-out international case of finders keepers is drawing to a close, and the stakes have never been higher.

An ongoing standoff between the Chinese and Philippine coast guards underscores the contentiousness of the situation. The ...

USS Stockdale destroyed the Houthi drone during a complex attack on American forces in November.

The gun was first deployed in 1971 as the Mk 45 Mod 0, and has been updated in the more than five decades since.

The destroyer Rafael Peralta fires its Mark 45 5-inch light-weight gun during a live-fire exercise while operating in the Philippine Sea in January 2023. (MC1 Greg Johnson/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Navy ...

The gun was first deployed in 1971 as the Mk 45 Mod 0, and has been updated in the more than five decades since. With the final retirement of the United States Navy’s Iowa-class battleships in ...

The company will extend the barrel of the Mk 45, strengthen the gun mounts and incorporate a fully digital control system.

Advanced firepower will continue to play a critical role at sea as Sailors face advanced threats ...