PLA-N’s new destroyer
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has commissioned a new Type 052D guided missile destroyer, which features upgraded radar, weapon and network systems,...
China’s Taiwan blockade drills
Chinese forces fired more than two dozen rockets and rehearsed port seizures on the second day of ongoing blockade drills around Taiwan, US Naval...
Report to Congress on new Trump-class
The following is the Dec. 30, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Guided Missile Battleship (BBG) Program: Background and Issues for Congress. The full...
US Navy’s drone milestone
The U.S. Navy launched a one-way attack drone this week from a littoral combat ship, marking the first time a suicide drone was deployed...
Merchant fleet’s missile capacity
By Colonel T. X. Hammes, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), and Captain R. Robinson Harris, U.S. Navy (Retired)*
In the past half decade, innovators have heeded...
US briefed on UK’s hybrid Navy
The Royal Navy has outlined its plans for a “hybrid navy” and expanded use of uncrewed systems during a visit by United States Secretary...
Trump ship: prestige over utility
By Tom Sharpe*
On December 22, 2025, at his Mar-a-Lago resort, President Trump unveiled plans for a new “Trump-class” battleship as the centrepiece of his...
Silent Service is out there – every day
By Tom Sharpe*
Submariners are a bit odd. They won’t mind me saying this because they know it too. To even contemplate working and living...
Move to non-GPS navigation
The Royal Navy has continued to trial quantum technology aimed at satellite-free navigation – this time in the Arctic with Imperial College London.
The test,...
Mini sonar for underwater drones
French defense-electronics firm Thales has developed a miniaturized sonar that can equip underwater drones to detect submarines.
The new system brings a “dramatic reduction” in...