Armada Of 10 Chinese And Russian Warships Is Sailing Around Japan
The joint patrol first passed through a 12-mile-wide strait between Japan’s main islands in an already significant show of force.
The joint patrol first passed through a 12-mile-wide strait between Japan’s main islands in an already significant show of force.
The Constellation class frigate will be notably larger and wider, displacing hundreds of tons more than the Italian design from which it is derived.
HMS Queen Elizabeth joined American and Dutch warships in the Gulf of Aden, an important maritime crossroads.
The Navy’s latest shipbuilding plan requires extra funding to pay for a new class of aircraft carriers, extra frigates, and more.
It may sound like a joke, but it actually fits with the Navy’s updated ship naming conventions, and especially for the new class of frigates.
Canada may add Tomahawk cruise missiles to the ships, which already sport an impressive arsenal, including two types of point air defense missiles.
The Navy’s new frigate could be among the most realistic ways of getting anywhere close to realizing the service’s huge fleet ambitions.
The last USS Brooke was the lead ship of the Navy’s first class of guided-missile frigates, which entered service in the 1960s.
The frigate will be built at the Italian firm’s Wisconsin-based subsidiary and is based on ships in service with four US allies.
Concern over the stability of America’s shipbuilding industrial base is one major factor driving the plan.