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12/04/2024 04:09:34 am

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U.S. Navy

War ready?

Communist Party of China Declares Aircraft Carrier ‘Liaoning’ Ready for War

The 60,000 ton Liaoning remains beset by a host of problems.

Better protection

US Marines, US Navy Sailors Set to Receive Improved Flame Resistant Uniforms

It's the latest upgrade to the Marines' Flame Resistant Combat Ensemble (FRCE) inventory.

Gun problems

US Navy Considers Replacing Ammunition Costing $800,000 Apiece for USS Zumwalt Guns

LRLAP is the only munition designed to be fired from the AGS.

Really big bird

US Navy Activates First Operational All-UAV MQ-4C Squadron set to Patrol Asia

VUP-19 will first be deployed to the United States Seventh Fleet operating in Asia.

New ASM

Distributed Lethality Concept Seeks to Banish Defensive Mindset Encrusting US Navy

"What we need to do is distribute the lethality of our Navy and make all of our Navy more lethal."

Air defense

US Navy to use Hypervelocity Projectiles to Shoot Down Chinese and Russian Anti-Ship Missiles

HVP is a next-generation, common, low drag, guided projectile for gun systems such as the Navy 5-Inch, 155 mm, and future railguns.

To Japan

USS Wasp will Deploy to Japan in 2017 to Keep an Eye on China

Her previous assignment was to the Mediterranean Sea where her aircraft conducted almost daily airstrikes against Islamic State terrorists holed up in Libya.

I spy

DARPA Robot Submarine Killer Warship called ACTUV gets a ‘Spy in the Sky’

ACTUV seeks to lay the technical foundation for an entirely new class of ocean-going warships: robots with AI (artificial intelligence) brains.

LCS

US Navy Commissions USS Detroit, its newest Freedom-class LCS

She's now part of LCS Squadron 1 and will conduct anti-submarine, surface and mine countermeasures operations around the globe.

New tactics

US Marines Upgrading Amphibious Invasion Tactics

The exercise will provide warfighters the opportunity to assess the operational utility of emerging technologies.

Soon to launch

China to Launch World’s Most Heavily Armed Destroyer in 2018

But it's the second generation of the Type 055 -- the Type 055A -- China claims will be armed with railguns.

Low observable

China’s J-20 Stealth Jet isn’t an Air Superiority Fighter; will Attack US Warships Instead

Some analysts feel the J-20 is more accurately described as a "low observable" (LO) aircraft instead of a true stealth aircraft.

Gday, mate!

US, New Zealand to Rekindle Military Alliance following US Warship Visit

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said he had given clearance for the Sampson to visit.

Anti-torpedo

USS Nimitz becomes Fifth US Navy Carrier Armed with Anti-Torpedo Torpedo System

CAT is a first-of-its-kind "hard kill" countermeasure for carriers and warships designed to defeat torpedoes.

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