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Delivery of F-35B Lightning II Fighters to Japan Delayed

January 10, 2025 4:43 PM

The planned delivery of the first six F-35B Lightning II fighters for Japan before the end of March has now been pushed back to at least April, Japan Defense Minister Gen Nakatani announced in a Friday press conference.…

Report to Congress on the U.S. Baltic Relations

January 10, 2025 2:44 PM

China’s Carrier: The Basics

November 27, 2012 3:38 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 3:03 PM

The first look at video of Chinese carrier operations recently released shows China has been paying attention to the way flight…

Admiral Greenert: Year One

November 21, 2012 3:33 PM - Updated: March 16, 2017 8:05 PM

Cid Standifer is a freelance reporter, web designer and translator based in Arlington, Va. She has written for Military Times,…

World Naval Developments: Nationalism Unleashed

November 16, 2012 3:21 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 3:37 PM

Proceedings, November 2012 A simmering dispute over some uninhabited islands south of Japan offers insight into the way domestic politics…

China’s 700 Ship Navy

November 14, 2012 3:19 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 2:58 PM

China is building tandem maritime forces, blurring the line between military and civilian maritime missions. The new People’s Liberation Army…

Combat Fleets: Sweden

November 5, 2012 2:33 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 3:38 PM

On 3 September the first of Sweden’s newly upgraded Visby-class guided-missile patrol craft was turned over to the Swedish military…

Timeline of the Polaris Missile

October 31, 2012 12:33 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 3:10 PM

On late October 1963, USS Andrew Jackson launched first Polaris A-3 missile from a submerged submarine, off Cape Canaveral, Florida.…

Shifting Targets

October 30, 2012 12:31 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 9:27 PM

Proceedings, October 2012 We must reconsider our strategic perspective and organizational culture amid an emerging naval revolution. Today’s U.S. Navy…