Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers may finally find purpose as hypersonic missile shooters

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Sailors walk past USS Zumwalt.
The Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers have struggled to find an adequate purpose, but are now being readied to carry hypersonic missiles still in development.

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See aboard the USS Beloit, the Navy's new $500 million littoral combat ship upgraded to fight near coastlines

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The USS Beloit decorated with ribbons.
USS Beloit is the US Navy's newest Freedom-class littoral combat ship.

US Navy photo by EJ Hersom

Striking images show the F-35 jump-jet's first trials on a newly converted Japanese aircraft carrier

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An F-35B Lightning II aircraft departs the flight deck of the JS Kaga.
An F-35B Lightning II aircraft departs the flight deck of the JS Kaga.

Dane Wiedmann

Another US amphibious warship is out of commission as mechanical failures continue to plague the Navy's fleet

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USS Iwo Jima transits near mountains in Norway during a NATO exercise.
USS Iwo Jima, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, transits near mountains in Norway during a NATO exercise.

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Photos show the aerial acrobatics before unexpected storms ended a big military airshow

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Airmen used airbags, forklifts, and cranes to invert an aircraft that flipped during a thunderstorm with wind gusts of up to 54 mph.
Airmen used airbags, forklifts, and cranes to invert an aircraft that flipped during a thunderstorm with wind gusts of up to 54 mph.

US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gavin Hameed

Here are some of the weapons the US and its allies fired to sink 2 ex-warships during RIMPAC 2024

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A Royal Australian Navy warship fires the first Naval Strike Missile
HMAS Sydney fires the first Naval Strike Missile during a live-fire sinking exercise off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii.

Australian Defence Force photo by Royal Australian Navy Imagery Specialist Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman

See the hundreds of sea drones the US Navy is experimenting with overseas

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The solar panels charge the drone's rechargeable batteries and thrusters.
The Triton's solar panels charge the drone's rechargeable batteries and thrusters.

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How the US Navy's Virginia-class attack submarine gives the US an edge in global undersea superiority

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The attack submarine USS Virginia
The attack submarine USS Virginia departs Naval Submarine Base New London en route to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.

US Navy photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Myers

The Pentagon is sending 2 Navy warships to protect the floating pier to bring aid to Gaza by sea

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Two boats sail nearby a large metal platform in the sea
Soldiers and sailors assemble the floating pier off the shore of Gaza in the Mediterranean Sea.

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See photos of the US Navy's rare blue nose tradition, which may also be its strangest

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The icebreaker SS Manhattan crushes through pack ice
The icebreaker SS Manhattan crushes through pack ice in the M'Clure Strait in the northwest territories of Canada.

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