Another comparative shipbuilding cost yardstick for laymen would be the Royal Navy’s recent acquisition of two Queen ...

The U.S. Navy currently has 296 battle force ships. The Navy’s goal is to achieve a fleet of either 355 or 381 manned battle force ships. The goal of a 355-ship Navy became U.S. policy in the fiscal ...

The new River-class destroyers will be heavily armed and equipped, able to undertake full spectrum operations.

The following are the combined written statements from the wittnesses at the March 11, 2025, House Armed Services Committee ...

They also state that warfare should not cause unnecessary suffering among combatants, for example through the use of armaments such as biological and chemical weapons. All these rules are known as ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A crowd gathered Friday in Damascus in support of the new government after deadly clashes in Syria’s ...

Employing an epidemiological method, this study introduced, developed, and applied a novel approach for investigating mortality of civilians versus combatants in conflicts. Methods: A deterministic ...

Under the terms of the 2024 Enhanced Lethality Surface Combatant Review, once Australia acquires the future Hunter-class frigate and the six large optionally-crewed surface vessels, the RAN will ...

MEMBERS of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and their families in the island province of Basilan availed of various government services through the ...

The Renhai-class cruisers are acknowledged to be some of the most capable surface combatants currently in operation. They are 13,000 tonnes in size and are armed with 112 vertical-launch system ...

Canada’s defence policy, “Strong, Secure, Engaged” (SSE), has committed to investing in 15 Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) ships. Known as the River-class Destroyers (RCD), these ships will be Canada ...

In 2015, its navy’s battle force—submarines, surface combatants and aircraft carriers—stood at 255 vessels, according to the US Congressional Research Office. That figure has soared to 400 in 2025, ...