While the Navy, on paper, maintains they will “have” 30-to-32 big deck ‘phibs in service every year between 2025 and 2042, due to the currently very low shipbuilding rate that only happens if the LHA/LHDs serve for over well over 40 years, the equivalent of having a WWII-eraEssex...
US AIR FORCE FLEET HITS SMALLEST SIZE IN DECADES — AND MIGHT KEEP SHRINKING Defense NewsSTEPHEN LOSEY
The arrival of the Fujian introduces the broader question of China’s overall carrier fleet and what the PLAN may need to emerge as a singular dominant global power in the coming years. Will the PLAN need to rival the US Navy in carrier fleet size to become a dominant global force truly?
I saw the submariners, the way they stood aloof and silent, watching their pigboat with loving eyes. They are alone in the Navy. 1961 Cusk crewmember families get to experience some time at sea and what it's like to dive on a submarine during a Dependent's Cruise. ...
The US Navy has issued a Request for Information (RfI) for a new fighter to replace the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler in the 2030s.
In US Navy evaluations the ‘birdcage’ canopy was found to result in poor all-around vision, most notably fore and aft. It was also fairly restrictive and made turning to view behind the aircraft more difficult (Dean 353). The frame itself could also not be opened on take off or ...
According to the report, Seoul asked Washington to send the USS Ronald Reagan from the US Navy’s 7th Fleet, based in the Japanese town of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, to join the exercises scheduled for October. The ministry also planned to conduct joint missile defense exercise together ...
• Apparently US 6th Fleet undersea explosives specialists were “scoping out” the situation back in June. • An expeditionary detachment of US Navy ships led by the universal amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge days ago was in the Baltic Sea. It was 30 km from the site of the alleged...
During the event, Gilday also added that a future destroyer would likely borrow the power generation capabilities of ship’s like the Zumwalt to ‘sustain weapons like directed energy’ that would make the ship and the wider navy fleet more ‘survivable’.USS ...