HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Navy is heading into a major test of a hypersonic weapon that will help determine the way ahead for a joint development program with the U.S. Army, according to the Army’s ...
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Rise of military lasers in 2025: How directed weapons reshaped defense plans
Militaries spent decades trying to turn light into a weapon. In 2025, introduction of several lasers show how fast technology ...
There’s dead, mostly dead, and then there’s the Navy’s railgun, which appears to have been resurrected along with the battleship.
An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska off the coast of California in 2021. (1st Class Ronald Gutridge/Navy) The U.S. Navy’s Strategic ...
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Donald Trump pitches ‘Trump-class’ 30,000-ton ships with laser weapons for US Navy
US President Donald Trump unveils plan for a Trump-class battleship as part of a sweeping push to modernize the US Navy and ...
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Hypersonic era begins: US Navy brings hypersonic weapons to its guided-missile fleet
The U.S. Navy is gearing up to test its first at-sea platform equipped with the Pentagon’s hypersonic missile system, with ...
Summary and Key Points: The development of laser weapons by the U.S. Navy is caught in a “catch-22”: while lasers could provide a cost-effective solution to shooting down drones and missiles, their ...
Sailors assigned to submarines position a Mark 48 torpedo during a weapons load at Naval Base Guam on Feb. 15, 2024. (MC1 Justin Wolpert/U.S. Navy) NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Navy is using its ...
The Trump-class vessels will be the largest surface combatants in the world — and the most heavily armed warships built by the US since World War II, according to publicly released specs and an ...
Two Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Crafts (GARC), from Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron 3 (USVRON 3), operate near Naval Amphibious Base Coronado May 15, 2024. US Navy Image CORONADO, Calif. – The ...
RICHMOND, Va. — Four foreign nationals were arrested and charged Thursday with transporting suspected Iranian-made weapons on a vessel intercepted by U.S. naval forces in the Arabian Sea last month.
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The German Navy Is Testing a New Laser Weapon
According to Rheinmetall, the German Navy’s directed energy weapon can engage a wide range of targets, including guided missiles, rockets, and drone swarms. The German Navy is getting closer to having ...
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