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The Arleigh Burke Destroyer’s Mk 45 Cannon Has a New Role: Drone Defense
American missiles were used to engage most of the enemy targets, but the destroyer was forced to employ the five-inch gun ...
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Commander describes the moment a US Navy destroyer blasted an enemy drone out of the sky with a 5-inch deck gun
USS Stockdale destroyed the Houthi drone during a complex attack on American forces in November.
US Navy aircraft carrier collides with merchant ship near Suez Canal
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was involved in a collision with a merchant ship near Egypt in the ...
The Fascinating History Of The US Navy's Real-Life TOPGUN School
Tom Cruise doesn't have anything to do with it, but the Navy flight school featured in the "Top Gun" movies really exists.
Image captures US Navy testing its new laser weapon: What to know about HELIOS
The undated image shows the U.S. Navy testing a weapon system known as HELIOS from the USS Preble destroyer in the middle of ...
US aircraft carrier collides with merchant vessel in Mediterranean Sea
The collision occurred between the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and the merchant vessel ...
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The Arleigh Burke Destroyer’s Mk 45 Cannon Has a New Role: Drone Defense
but the destroyer was forced to employ the five-inch gun against one of the drones. Anyone who might have questioned why the U.S. Navy continues to arm the warships with such weapon systems might ...