The destroyer fighting ship (not to be confused with the cruiser) is the workhorse of the modern U.S. Navy. The 75 destroyers in active service — which are mostly Arleigh Burke-class ships — are able ...

As of January 2025, there were 74 active Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in the US Navy, each powered by four LM2500 engines.

All in all, the expansion of USV use is a promising experiment that could ameliorate the US Navy’s force-structure woes—while amplifying US fleets’ combat power in a hurry. Over at Defense One last ...

NAPLES, Italy — A U.S. Navy destroyer is operating in the Baltic Sea as part of a NATO mission that is adding air defense to its underwater focus as the alliance confronts repeated unidentified drone ...

The United States continues to modernize its naval fleet by introducing new advanced destroyers to replace aging cruisers as its chief adversary, China, builds more warships.

Today’s daily brief features 26 countries formally agreeing to be “present on the ground, in the sea or in the air” to guarantee Ukraine’s security, two Venezuelan military jets buzzed one of the U.S.

The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham transits the Suez Canal in 2018. (MC2 Jonathan Clay/Navy) The United States is boosting its maritime force in the waters off Venezuela ...

In an era of hypersonic missiles, stealth fighters, and nuclear subs, it’s hard to picture sailors going toe-to-toe with the enemy on a ship’s deck. Yet during World War II, the crew of a brand-new ...

In World War I, writes Chicoan and naval historian David Bruhn, “German U-boats sank over 5,200 vessels and came dangerously close to choking off Britain’s critical supply of food in the spring of ...

MOSCOW, September 22. /TASS/. Berlin’s losses from the Nord Stream sabotage are estimated to exceed €160 bln; Tehran halts IAEA cooperation after the UN reinstates sanctions under the snapback ...

Japan plans to modify one of its destroyers to be Tomahawk cruise missile capable by March 31, 2026, and may conduct operational firing tests the following year in the U.S., Japan’s defense minister ...