Convinced that the USS Texas' long-term survival relies on getting it out of the water, the historic battleship's advocates are poised to launch a $75 million campaign to place it in dry dock. First, ...

The Navy was facing a choice between either fielding hypersonic weapons or keeping a planned naval gun on the DDG(X) future destroyer program until the ...

For centuries, battleships were the kings of the ocean. Then aircraft carriers changed everything. This transcript explains how naval aviation evolved from experiments into the dominant weapon of ...

General Atomics is holding talks with the U.S. government to clarify the role of railguns on the upcoming Trump-class ...

What You Need to Know: The USS North Carolina (BB-55), the first of the North Carolina-class fast battleships, played a pivotal role in WWII, showcasing advanced firepower and speed. -Designed with ...

Built for decisive firepower, this battleship was deployed with a singular purpose: to annihilate enemy defenses and break resistance. Its guns pummeled strategic targets day after day, reshaping ...

Trump’s battleship plan clashes with decades of U.S. naval strategy and technology shifts Experts described it as a "prestige project," a "bomb magnet" and said that "this ship will never sail." Even ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. US President Donald Trump said he's thinking about bringing back US Navy battleships. Battleships were heavily armored, ...

A century ago submarines presented as much of a challenge for naval war planners as drones do today. Like airborne and surface stealth decades later, underwater stealth was a game-changer—but how to ...

Struggling to withstand dangerous Nazi attacks on U.S. supply boats, three famous U.S. Navy battleships faced heavy resistance as they closed-in on the German-held Cotentin Peninsula as part of the ...

On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato. Escorted by the light cruiser Yahagi and eight ...