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The Japan Self-Defense Forces have offered an official look at the turret-mounted electromagnetic railgun now installed on the test ship JS Asuka.
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Railgun Installed On Japanese Warship Testbed

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 18, 2025

Roadrunner and coyote deployed on US Destroyer
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Coyote, Roadrunner Loitering Drone Interceptors To Arm U.S. Navy Destroyers

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 28, 2025

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has simulated a successful intercept of a mock advanced hypersonic missile by a Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) as it works up to attempt the real thing.
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SM-6 Missile Closer To Proving Hypersonic Weapon Intercept Capability After Aegis Destroyer Test

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 26, 2025

President Donald Trump, through his pick to be the next Secretary of the Navy, has thrust long-running criticisms of what is commonly called "running rust" on American warships back into the mainstream limelight.
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Warships Caked In Rust Prompting Late Night Trump Texts To Navy Secretary Nominee

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 28, 2025

Dual Band radar still had problems prior to USS Ford's first deployment.
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USS Gerald R. Ford Was Still Struggling With Its Dual Band Radar Prior To Deployment

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

Posted on Feb 5, 2025

HELIOS laser fired from the USS Preble.
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Navy HELIOS Laser Aboard USS Preble Zaps Drone In Latest Test

By Geoff Ziezulewicz, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 4, 2025

200702-N-SB299-1015 SAN DIEGO (July 2, 2020) The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) arrives at its homeport of Naval Base San Diego following more than two years of restoration and modernization at Huntington Ingalls Industries - Ingalls Shipbuilding Division's Pascagoula, Mississippi shipyard. The ship was damaged during a 2017 collision that claimed the lives of seven Sailors. While in San Diego, the crew will complete extensive training and certifications through Basic, Advanced, and Integrated phases of training. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alex Millar/Released)
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Destroyer Has Become First U.S. Navy Ship To Deploy Artificial Intelligence System

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

Posted on Jan 29, 2025

DDG missile firing. (U.S. Navy)
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What Red Sea Battles Have Taught The Navy About A Future China Fight

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

Posted on Jan 28, 2025

The Navy destroyer USS Pinckney.
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Navy Says It Won’t Repeat Cruiser Upgrade Blunder With Destroyer Modernization 2.0 Effort

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

Posted on Jan 21, 2025

USS Michael Murphy
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Arleigh Burke Destroyers Taking On Navy Air Defense Commander Role As Cruisers Disappear From Fleet

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

Updated on Jan 20, 2025

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 23, 2024) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) fires an SM-2 missile during a live-fire exercise. Spruance, assigned to the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, is currently underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations conducting advanced tactical training that increases warfighting capability and tactical proficiency across all domains. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign John Rosenberg)
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Navy Warships Have To Leave Red Sea Fight For Weeks To Reload Their Missiles

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

Updated on Jan 17, 2025

Newly released pictures offer the first real look at the four new large launch tubes for firing Intermediate-Range Conventional Prompt Strike (IRCPS) hypersonic missiles now installed on the U.S. Navy's stealth destroyer USS Zumwalt.
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First Look At Stealth Destroyer’s Hypersonic Missile Launchers

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 16, 2025

A conceptual design of the U.S. Navy's future DDG(X) warship.
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DDG(X) Next-Generation Destroyer’s Capabilities And Costs Are Solidifying

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

Posted on Jan 15, 2025

How many weapons US Navy ships launched in the Red Sea.
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Navy Just Revealed Tally Of Surface-To-Air Missiles Fired In Ongoing Red Sea Fight

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

Updated on Jan 14, 2025

USS Jack H. Lucas
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Cost Of Navy’s Newest Arleigh Burke Destroyers Is Ballooning

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

Posted on Jan 8, 2025

231014-N-GF955-1031 EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 14, 2023) Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64), man their watch stations in the combat information center (CIC) during a general quarters drill, October 14, 2023. Carney is currently a part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group. The strike group is on a scheduled deployment conducting routine operations in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by the U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied, and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau)
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Red Sea Attacks Are Testing Combat Information Centers Aboard U.S. Navy Warships Like Never Before

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

Posted on Jan 6, 2025