GAO 2025 Weapon Systems Annual Assessment
The following is the June 11, 2025, Government Accountability Office report, Weapon Systems Annual Assessment DOD Leaders Should Ensure That Newer Programs Are Structured for Speed and Innovation.…
A Hundred Years Dry: The U.S. Navy’s End of Alcohol at Sea
As a flotilla of naval vessels from around the world participates in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) to…
Chinese Ships Arrive at Pearl Harbor
Two Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) ships arrived at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Tuesday, according to Chinese…
HMS Tireless at Rest
The British Royal Navy decommissioned HMS Tireless (S88), its oldest nuclear attack submarines, on Thursday in Plymouth, England.…
Document: U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan
The following is the Congressional Research Service June 13, 2014 report, Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990.…
Russian Navy Accepts First in New Class of Nuclear Attack Submarine
Russian television has reported that the Russian Federation Navy has accepted its first Project 855 Yasen-class nuclear-powered attack submarine into…
Iraq and Afghanistan Dominate Senate Budget Hearing
With aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) and its battle group and amphibious transport dock USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19)…
Kim Jong Un Tours a North Korean Submarine, Instructs Skipper on Navigation
The leader of North Korea called for his country to expand its underwater warfare capability in the face of so-called…
Document: Report to Congress on U.S. Navy Ship Naming
The following is the June 5, 2014 report from the Congressional Research Service, Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress. …
CNAS: Key Questions Remain in Unmanned Systems Realm
Nations and non-state actors are engaged in the race for unmanned systems. The reason is simple: Unmanned systems can take…
Chinese Weapons That Worry the Pentagon
The Pentagon released its 2014 report to Congress, Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China on Thursday.…