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US sending ammunition, tanker trucks, boats to Ukraine
Latest package includes large amounts of ammunition, such as rockets for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, fuel tanker trucks and riverine boats.
By Lolita C. Baldor
Trump tweets that he’s instructed the Navy to ‘destroy’ any Iranian gunboats that harass US warships
“I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea,” Trump tweeted.
By Shawn Snow
This Nazi sub was sunk when its captain took a dump
Loose lips might sink ships, but expelling bloat can damn a boat.
By Jon Simkins
An unmanned ship that can travel 500 nautical miles without resupply ― the Corps is looking at it
You can put whatever weapon systems “you can dream on it.”
By Shawn Snow
Nothing really matters, anyone can see: PODCAST
Defense Nerds Podcast for June 3, 2019: The many controversies of Trump's visit to Japan and Jim Mattis' new book.
The Army may cut its boat fleet even as Navy faces critical wartime transport ship shortage
The analysis is being done now to look at cutting back the Army's fleet ahead of the next budget submission.
By Todd South
American doughboys in World War I depended on foreign weapons technology, US Navy might
The U.S. Navy was the best-prepared and best-equipped of all the country’s armed forces. For many years, it had been focusing much of its energy on preparing for a surface naval confrontation with Germany.
By David Longenbach, Pennsylvania State University
Two Iranian fast boats approach US warship while CENTCOM commander is on board
The Essex is hauling U.S. Marines and F-35Bs with the 13th MEU.
By Shawn Snow
This admiral's brown water strategy blasted the Viet Cong out of the Mekong Delta waters
Vice Adm. Elmo “Bud” Zumwalt realized he had to inject new vigor into waterborne operations and devise a more effective strategy to abandon search-and-destroy tactics.
By David Sears
How North Vietnam's P-4s missed the mark
Modifications to the aluminum-hulled vessels improved the P-4’s air defense but had a downside.
By Carl O. Schuster