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dvidshub.net > image > 9937428 > navy-region-eurafcent-rear-adm-john-hewitt-visits-navsta-rota

Navy Region EURAFCENT Rear Adm. John Hewitt visits NAVSTA Rota

5+ hour, 3+ min ago   (110+ words) Rear Adm. John Hewitt, commander, Navy Region Europe, Africa, Central, center left, meets with civilians assigned to the Defense Fuel Support Point during a tour of the facility onboard Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain, September 10, 2026. NAVSTA Rota is a force…...


defensefeeds.com > military-tech > navy > submarines > vanguard-class-submarine

Vanguard-Class Submarine: Why It Is Being Replaced by the Dreadnought

6+ hour, 49+ min ago   (1623+ words) Imagine having a nuclear weapon system that is expected to be ready every minute of every day, but whose most important feature is that you almost never see it. That is the logic behind the Vanguard-Class Submarine. For decades, Britain…...


19fortyfive.com > 2026 > 09 > the-us-navy-spent-1840000000-modernizing-four-cruisers-hue-city-anzio-cowpens-and-vicksburg-none-of-them-ever-deployed-again

The US Navy Spent $1,840,000,000 Modernizing Four Ticonderoga-class Cruisers, Hue City, Anzio, Cowpens, and Vicksburg. None of Them Ever Deployed Again.

15+ hour, 7+ min ago   (846+ words) The U.S. Navy is losing Tomahawk launch capacity. USS Georgia, the first of four Ohio-class guided-missile submarines being retired, can carry 154 Tomahawks; the Ticonderoga-class cruisers going with her carry 122 Mk 41 cells apiece, while the Arleigh Burke destroyers taking over their jobs…...


19fortyfive.com > 2026 > 09 > the-us-navys-ohio-class-nuclear-submarines-were-loaded-with-154-tomahawk-missiles-and-cant-be-replaced-but-will-soon-be-retired

The US Navy's Ohio-Class Nuclear Submarines Were Loaded with 154 Tomahawk Missiles and Can't Be Replaced But Will Soon Be Retired

17+ hour, 54+ min ago   (769+ words) The U.S. Navy has started the process of retiring its most heavily armed submarines ever to enter service. The process will see hundreds of cruise missile launch positions removed from the American fleet over several years, with no direct replacement planned....


19fortyfive.com > 2026 > 09 > japans-quantum-submarine-sensor-sees-several-thousand-meters-at-best-tokyo-will-put-it-on-cheap-drones-and-crowd-the-straits-china-must-use

Japan's Quantum Submarine Sensor Sees Several Thousand Meters at Best. Tokyo Will Put It on Cheap Drones and Crowd the Straits China Must Use.

18+ hour, 47+ min ago   (761+ words) Japan’s fiscal 2027 defense budget request funds research into a quantum magnetic sensor that detects the faint magnetic shifts a submerged submarine leaves behind. The Defense Ministry wants it working by fiscal 2031, mounted on low-cost drones launched from ships. Japan is…...


defencesecurityasia.com > en > china-world-first-giant-underwater-drone-xxluuv-mothership

China Builds World???s First Giant Underwater Drone Mothership

21+ hour, 52+ min ago   (1097+ words) Commercial satellite imagery dated 15 September 2026 shows the unidentified vessel under construction at Shanghai’s Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard, although Beijing has neither acknowledged the ship nor confirmed its intended operator, designation, or mission. Its defining features reportedly include a bottom-opening wet well-deck, a…...


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FW-MAG Future Warfare Magazine - Israeli Navy receives the DRAKON, the 3rd and final DOLPHIN II-class submarine

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (705+ words) Israeli Navy receives the DRAKON, the 3rd and final DOLPHIN II-class submarine The submarine DRAKON, 3rd and final unit of the DOLPHIN II class, has been formally delivered to the Israeli Navy. The transfer of ownership from German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems…...


navalnews.com > naval-news > 2026 > 09 > chinas-new-giant-submarine-drone-mothership

China's New Giant Submarine Drone Mothership

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (276+ words) Home » China’s New Giant Submarine Drone Mothership A new vessel spotted at a Chinese shipyard is likely the world’s first mothership designed to deploy submarine drones. It represents the latest piece in the puzzle of China’s undeclared effort to develop…...


navalnews.com > naval-news > 2026 > 09 > japan-defense-minister-nuclear-powered-submarines

Japan???s Defense Minister: Nuclear-Powered Submarines Will Not Be Ruled Out

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (488+ words) Home » Japan’s Defense Minister: Nuclear-Powered Submarines Will Not Be Ruled Out Japan’s Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Tokyo will not rule out nuclear-powered submarines as it considers future defense capabilities, marking another step in Japan’s growing debate over whether to…...


cpf.navy.mil > Photo-Gallery > igphoto > 2003997591

USS Benfold conducts weapons qualification in South China Sea

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (28+ words) cpf.navy.mil Official websites use.mil Secure.mil websites use HTTPS USS Benfold conducts weapons qualification in South China Sea...