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  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by socialiguana
    +5 +1

    USS Mason Fired 3 Missiles to Defend From Yemen Cruise Missiles Attack

    The crew of a guided-missile destroyer fired three missiles to defend themselves and another ship after being attacked on Sunday in the Red Sea by two presumed cruise missiles fired by Iran-backed Houthi-forces, USNI News has learned. During the attack against USS Mason (DDG-87), the ship’s crew fired the missiles to defend the guided-missile destroyer and nearby USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15) from two suspected cruise missiles fired from the Yemini shore, two defense officials told USNI News.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by messi
    +3 +1

    U.S. Navy destroyer again targeted by missiles from Yemen: U.S. officials

    A U.S. Navy destroyer was targeted on Wednesday in a failed missile attack from territory in Yemen controlled by Iran-aligned Houthi rebels, the second such incident in four days, the U.S. military said. The USS Mason fired defensive salvos in response to at least one missile which did not hit the ship or caused any damage as it operated north of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the Pentagon said. Indications are that the second salvo brought down an incoming missile, one U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by zyery
    +2 +1

    U.S. military strikes Yemen after missile attacks on U.S. Navy ship

    The U.S. military launched cruise missile strikes on three coastal radar sites in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, retaliating after failed missile attacks this week on a U.S. Navy destroyer, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. The strikes authorized by President Barack Obama represent Washington's first direct military action against Houthi-controlled targets in Yemen's conflict. The Pentagon said initial U.S. assessments indicated the radar sites were destroyed.

  • Expression
    7 years ago
    by AdelleChattre
    +36 +1

    The Feds Won’t Buy This $19 Million Stealth Boat—or Let It Be Sold Abroad

    With his patents under gag order, Gregory Sancoff is being ghosted by the government. By Caroline Winter. (Oct. 21, 2016)

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by geoleo
    +7 +1

    ‘Star Wars’ weapon targets N Korea

    PENTAGON chiefs have dispatched its weirdest secret “Star Wars” weapon from Pearl Harbor in Hawaii to intercept North Korean nuclear missiles bound for California. With its huge white globe attached to a table like structure, it has to be mankind’s wackiest looking seagoing vessel ever. According to The Sun, America is pinning its hope on averting a nuclear apocalypse on this extraordinary self-propelled 85 metre, 50,000-tonne mammoth structure.

  • Analysis
    7 years ago
    by Amarji
    +9 +1

    Iran's Growing Naval Ambitions

    Tehran announces its intentions to build bases in Syria and Yemen. Iran's dangerous ambitions have been aided by the flow funds from the United States in accordance with the Iran Deal.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by wildcard
    +18 +1

    US Navy fired shots at speeding Iranian boats

    The US Navy fired three warning shots at four Iranian boats after they closed in at speed on Sunday, say defence officials. It happened in the Strait of Hormuz after the Iranians failed to respond to requests by the USS Mahan to slow down, but made radio contact to question the ship's crew about course and speed. A helicopter dropped a smoke float and the destroyer launched flares but the boats continued at speed, according to the officials speaking anonymously to Reuters.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by rhingo
    +21 +1

    British warships 'so noisy' Russian submarines can hear them 100 miles away, investigation finds 

    Britain's ability to defend itself against a major military attack has been called into question after an investigation found Navy warships are so loud they can be heard 100 miles away by Russian submarines. Rear Admiral Chris Parry, a former director of operational capability for the Ministry of Defence, said the £1 billion a piece Type 45 destroyers are “as noisy as hell” and sound like "a box of spanners" underwater.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by darvinhg
    +17 +1

    Up close and personal: Russian spy ship skims edge of US waters near sub base

    A Russian Navy intelligence collection ship, the Viktor Leonov, is reportedly "loitering" off the US coast near Montauk Point, Long Island. That just happens to be 30 miles from Naval Submarine Base New London, the home port of the US Navy's attack submarine force near Groton, Connecticut. This is the closest, and the farthest north, that the Russian intelligence ship has ever traveled along the United States' eastern seaboard, according to a statement by a US Navy spokesperson to Fox News.

  • Current Event
    7 years ago
    by wildcard
    +10 +1

    General says no bad decisions in Yemen raid, probe is over

    The top U.S. commander for the Middle East told senators Thursday that he has completed an exhaustive review of the Yemen raid that killed a Navy SEAL, and has concluded there were no lapses in judgment or decision-making surrounding the operation. Gen. Joseph Votel, who heads U.S. Central Command, said he sees no need for additional investigations into the January mission that triggered debate in Washington over what went wrong and whether important intelligence was actually gathered.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by ticktack
    +19 +1

    Navy bans vaping on ships after explosions, burns

    The U.S. Navy is banning vaping on ships after at least a dozen reports of explosions and injuries. Naval commanders said in a statement Friday that the temporary electronic cigarette policy aims to protect sailors and the fleet. It starts next month. Officials cited overheated batteries in vaping equipment as the problem. Explosions have led to fires, first-degree burns and facial disfigurement. During a recent eight-month stretch, 12 incidents put sailors out of work for a combined 77 days. Injuries also restricted some to light duty for a total of five months.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by canuck
    +4 +1

    USS Arizona survivor laid to rest inside sunken battleship

    A USS Arizona sailor who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor was laid to rest inside the ship he escaped. The remains of Retired Master Chief Petty Officer Raymond Haerry, 94, were interred inside the hull of the USS Arizona Saturday afternoon. More than 100 people gathered at the USS Arizona Memorial for the interment ceremony -- a symbolic military funeral only offered to shipmates who survived the attack.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by aj0690
    +1 +1

    US Railgun is being test fired a few times per hour now and by the end of the year at 10 shots per minute

    The US Navy railgun program is making great technical progress according to the Office of Naval Research program manager Tom Boucher. The Navy is now working towards installing railguns at permanent land-based test sites which would provide more and better data for fewer dollars than an ad hoc installation aboard a repurposed fast transport.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by weekendhobo
    +29 +1

    US Navy ship collides with merchant ship off Japan

    TOKYO (AP) — A U.S. Navy destroyer has collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan, the U.S. military said, and there have been injuries.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by shihtzuman
    0 +1

    7 U.S. sailors unaccounted for after destroyer, ship collide off Japan

    A U.S. Navy destroyer collided with a merchant ship southwest of Yokosuka, Japan, on Friday. A U.S. official said 7 U.S. sailors are unaccounted for.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by ilyas
    +10 +1

    USS Fitzgerald involved in collision

    USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) was involved in a collision with a merchant vessel at approximately 2:30 a.m. local time, June 17, while operating about 56 nautical miles southwest of Yokosuka, Japan. As of this time, there have been two patients requiring medical evacuation. One was Cmdr. Bryce Benson, Fitzgerald's commanding officer, who was transferred to U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka and is reportedly in stable condition. A second MEDEVAC is in progress. Other injured are being assessed.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by spacepopper
    +19 +1

    Exclusive: U.S. warship stayed on deadly collision course despite warning - container ship captain

    A U.S. warship struck by a container vessel in Japanese waters failed to respond to warning signals or take evasive action before a collision that killed seven of its crew, according to a report of the incident by the Philippine cargo ship's captain.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by sasky
    +19 +1

    US warship crash that killed seven American sailors 'was Navy's own fault'

    A deadly crash between a US warship and a Philippine cargo vessel is believed to have been the fault of the US Navy, according to CNN citing preliminary investigations into the incident which claimed the lives of seven American sailors. The network said that two officials from the Department of Defence said that there were multiple errors by the crew of the USS Fitzgerald that led to the collision in June.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by hiihii
    +18 +1

    U.S. destroyer challenges China's claims in South China Sea

    A U.S. Navy destroyer carried out a "freedom of navigation operation" on Thursday, coming within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built up by China in the South China Sea, U.S. officials told Reuters. The operation came as President Donald Trump's administration seeks Chinese cooperation in dealing with North Korea's missile and nuclear programs and could complicate efforts to secure a common stance.

  • Current Event
    6 years ago
    by manix
    +30 +1

    Billionaire Paul Allen Finds Lost World War II Cruiser USS Indianapolis in Philippine Sea

    Seventy-two years after two torpedoes fired from a Japanese submarine sunk cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35), the ship’s wreckage was found resting on the seafloor on Saturday – more than 18,000 feet below the Pacific Ocean’s surface. Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist, led a search team, assisted by historians from the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) in Washington, D.C., to accomplish what past searches had failed to do – find Indianapolis...