Maritime Strategy

Global Conflicts

Navy shipbuilding request rises nearly 50% in 2027 proposal

The White House aims to fund nearly 20 warships plus initial work on a battleship class. The White House wants…

Read More »
Global Conflicts

Pentagon’s New $65.8B Shipbuilding Request is Highest Since 1962

The Pentagon’s request for new shipbuilding funds is among the highest-ever since the Korean War, rivaling the Reagan-era 600-ship spending…

Read More »
Global Conflicts

First US warship visit to Chinese-built port in Cambodia cements new drift for Phnom Penh

Royal Cambodian Navy personnel stand in formation as they welcome the US Navy’s USS Cincinnati (LCS-20) littoral combat ship for…

Read More »
Naval Forces

US Navy to develop new class of smaller, more ‘agile’ combatant ships

The U.S. Navy is pursuing a new class of smaller, more agile combatant ships that the service says will become…

Read More »
Global Conflicts

Vietnam nears completion of militarized South China Sea outposts

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Vietnam has revved up its land reclamation efforts in the South China Sea this year,…

Read More »
Global Conflicts

US Navy nixes Constellation frigate program after two ships half-built

ROME — The US Navy is cancelling its Constellation frigate program following months of cost overruns and delays but plans…

Read More »
Back to top button