It looks like a sci-fi prop — but it’s one of the most vital systems on a modern warship. The Phalanx CIWS (Close-In Weapon ...
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The USS Gravely Is Now Home for the Holidays

The Gravely had previously been deployed in the Caribbean—and before that in the Middle East, where it saw active combat against the Houthis.
Could battleships return? We explain how missiles, cost, and naval strategy killed the concept and why it isn't likely ...
The DragonFire system successfully shot down drones travelling at up to 650km/h at a range in Scotland, just as a £316m contract for its deployment on a Type 45 destroyer by 2027 was awarded. The ...
As U.S. destroyers like USS Carney fend off missile and drone swarms in the Red Sea, critics argue modern surface ships are ...
Military counter-drone devices (R) are on display during a visit of the German president and the king of the Netherlands at the NATO German-Dutch Army Corps (1GNC) in Muenster, western Germany, on ...
On 3 September, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) unveiled a series of weapon systems during a large-scale military parade in Beijing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second ...
Jared Isaacman, the billionaire nominated twice to lead the agency, may draw some lessons from the tenure of another NASA ...
After decades of faithful service to the United States Navy, it is time for the USS Nimitz to return to its homeport.
Total War's never really mastered "shooting from cover", but with Astra Militarum in Total War: Warhammer 40,000 then I want ...
Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Oliver Coric, a sailor attached to the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC 25) Detachment 6, right, talks to sailor from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense ...
For many years, the Ministry of Defense and Aviation has remembered every Christmas those military personnel who are far from ...