| Wed, 1 May 2024 House lawmakers challenge Navy’s shipbuilding plans with call for additional submarine
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are resisting plans by the Navy to cut the size of its ship and submarine fleet, rallying behind a push to procure an additional attack submarine and raising alarm about impending ship retirements. | A bipartisan group of 120 House members urged... | Philippines Will Stick to Nonviolence After Chinese Water-Cannon Attacks
The Philippine Coast Guard will not match the China Coast Guard's increasingly aggressive tactics in the South China Sea, a spokesman said Wednesday, and will stick to professional and nonviolent demonstrations of maritime sovereignty. | Over the past two years, the Chi... | Replica Ship Models – Nautical Art or Marketing Tool? Perhaps Both.
Boat builders and owners have been using replica models for centuries. The earliest known models are of Bronze Age ships, made of clay. Archaeologists have found accurate scale ship models in Egyptian tombs dating as far back as 2000 B.C. Ancient ship and boat models ha... | China Geared to Tip Naval Scales as New Super Carrier Hits Sea Trials
Images of China's most advanced aircraft carrier yet, the Fujian, were first shown to the public in June 2022. The first to be both designed and built domestically, Fujian is the country’s third such warship. The other two are the Shandong, commissioned in 2019, and t... | Magnolia Mornings: April 29, 2024
Important state and national stories, market and business news, sports and entertainment, delivered in quick-hit fashion: In Mississippi | 1. Vicksburg native assumes command of Naval Consolidated Brig | Naval Consolidated Brig Charleston held a change of command cerem... | Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer is out of action, and it's a problem, top Marine ...
The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer transits the East Sea during Exercise Ssang Yong 2016 March 8, 2016. | REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Craig Z. Rodarte/Handout via ReutersUSS Boxer, an amphibious assault ship, is undergoing repairs, causing ... | Next-generation aircraft carrier launches trials
China has launched sea trials for the Fujian, its third and most advanced aircraft carrier, state media has reported. | The start of tests came nearly two years after the aircraft carrier was unveiled in June 2022. | The Fujian, entirely designed and built domestically,... | Troubled amphibious assault ship USS Boxer will undergo repairs in San Diego
(Tribune News Service) — The Navy said Wednesday it will repair the troubled amphibious assault ship USS Boxer at Naval Station San Diego and might be able to get the vessel to resume its deployment to the Indo-Pacific as early as this summer. | The ship was forced to... | The shocking history of UFOs and nuclear weapons
UFOs are no laughing matter on Capitol Hill. Beyond alleging the existence of surreptitious government programs to retrieve and reverse-engineer exotic craft of "non-human" origin, Congress mandated that the Department of Defense document and report any UFO incidents "a... | |
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