From costly blunder to cutting-edge weapon: How the US Navy is turning the USS Zumwalt into a global game-changer

USS Zumwalt, a $7.5 billion destroyer, is becoming a platform to test the new hypersonic missile system that could change ...
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US Navy laser weapon system demonstration • (LaWS) 2017

The U.S. Navy successfully conducted a demonstration with the Laser Weapon System (LaWS) aboard Afloat Forward Staging Base ...
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‘We need speed’: Navy Secretary calls for ‘wartime footing’ in weapons production as China looms

The Navy says it needs more missiles and ships to confront China's challenge. The Navy's businessman-turned-secretary has a ...
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Defense startup's 'Blackbeard' hypersonic weapon gets military integration contract with Pentagon

U.S. defense startup Castelion announced on Friday it will integrate its affordable, long-range, hypersonic strike weapons with operational Army and Navy platforms. Under the recently signed contract ...

A Navy warship mistook US fighter jets for enemy missiles and opened fire. The targeted pilot saw his life flash before his eyes.

New documents reveal how the USS Gettysburg shot down an F/A-18 and nearly hit a second one above the Red Sea last year.
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China Has A New Laser Weapon It Claims Beats The US Navy's - Here's What It's For

One of the most prominent weapons in modern day warfare is the drone. Small, agile, and often numerous, drones are a difficult assault to counter. Even individual ones can infiltrate areas that ...