Combat Fleets: USS Enterprise
Proceedings, December 2012 In early November the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) returned home to Norfolk, Virginia, to prepare for her December…
Ohio-class Replacement Details
The Ohio-class Replacement nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) is the Navy’s planned sea-based strategic nuclear deterrent. U.S. Navy officials…
Timeline of the Polaris Missile
On late October 1963, USS Andrew Jackson launched first Polaris A-3 missile from a submerged submarine, off Cape Canaveral, Florida.…
Shifting Targets
Proceedings, October 2012 We must reconsider our strategic perspective and organizational culture amid an emerging naval revolution. Today’s U.S. Navy…
World Naval Developments: Royal Navy’s Type 26: One Ship, Many Missions
Proceedings, Oct. 2012 In August, the Royal Navy released details of its next surface combatant, the Type 26, a modular…
Searching for Nelson’s Quote
Rising young U.S. Navy officer Stephen Decatur earned famous praise for ‘the most bold and daring act of the age’—or…
30 Years Later: U.S. and the Falklands War
Reagan Readied U.S. Warship for ’82 Falklands War While publicly claiming neutrality between Argentina and the U.K. during the 1982…
Combat Fleets ’82: Falklands Carriers
In the event of the loss of a British carrier in the 1982 Falklands War, the U.S. was prepared to…