The U.S. Navy is on track to retire aging cruisers and destroyers that collectively carry more than 2,000 vertical launch system (VLS) cells, the tubes used to fire cruise missiles, air-defense ...

Arithmetic is not usually dramatic, but in naval force design it can redraw the map. The U.S. Navy is approaching a transition that is less about any single submarine than about what disappears when ...

In the presence of Kim Jong Un, North Korea conducted operational tests of its advanced 5,000-ton destroyer Choe Hyon.

In 2025 China revived its practice of arming cargo ships with cargo containers containing anti-ship or land-attack missiles. This new version had several containers welded together so they could be ...