US Navy fires its high-powered laser weapon that could obliterate warships and drones, incredible photo shows
A jaw-dropping new photo shows the US Navy firing off a drone-destroying laser weapon — dubbed “Helios” — from one of its ...
USS O’Kane Returns to San Diego After Deployment, Action in Gulf of Aden
The guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane has returned to Naval Base San Diego following a seven-month deployment with the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, the Navy reported Monday.
US destroyers in the Red Sea conflict defeated enemy weapons without firing a shot, changing the way warships fight
Documents obtained by Business Insider reveal multiple incidents where US Navy destroyers used "non-kinetic" capabilities to ...
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USS O’Kane returns to San Diego after 7-month deployment, including combat against Houthis in the Middle East
The USS O’Kane returned to Naval Base San Diego after a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 7th and 5th Fleet area of ...
The United States Navy Is Fielding Dozens of These Destroyers
The United States Navy maintains an edge when it comes to sheer numerical superiority over most nations. When you have ...
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USS Carl Vinson To Drill with French Carrier, Japanese Destroyer Carrier
The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group will carry out the week-long French-hosted exercise Pacific Steller with the French CSG ...
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US Navy Destroyer Fires 60 KW Helios Combat Laser
The USS Preble is the first U.S. Navy vessel equipped with HELIOS, a 60-kilowatt-class directed energy laser weapon developed ...
How the US Navy's first hostile drone kill with an air-to-air missile set the stage for the emergence of the 'Murder Hornet'
The Navy said that the "Murder Hornet" configuration on its F/A-18 fighter jet is comprised of nine air-to-air missiles.
Chinese military monitored US ship crossing Taiwan strait, state media reports
The behaviour of the United States sends wrong signals and increases security risks, the military's Eastern Theatre spokesperson Colonel Li Xi said. The U.S. Navy did not immediately respond to a ...
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USS Preble successfully tests laser weapon against drones
JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (Tribune News Service) — A new photo from the United States military shows the successful use of a laser ...
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US warship gets powerful AI to scan 10,000 readings per sec for battle-readiness
The US Navy has deployed its first official program-of-record artificial intelligence (AI) platform aboard a warship. The ...
USS Orleck debuts at downtown riverfront after major upgrades
"We spent hours and hours scraping paint and painting framing to make this ship a museum that people can come down and see ...