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China Builds Fleet of Small Warships While U.S. Drifts
The U.S. Navy is having all sorts of problems with its new line of coastal warships. Meanwhile, China is cranking theirs out by the dozens.
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Budget Woes Could Sink Future Navy Plan
Flattening budgets could scuttle the Navy's six-year-old plan to boost its combat fleet from today's 285 warships to 313. But don't panic. Far from resulting in a "hollowing" of the Navy, as GOP...
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Navy’s New Minehunter Can’t See or Stop Mines
It's bad enough that the Navy's newest ship has had wicked problems with corrosion, missed out on the latest naval wartime missions and is generally something of a Frankenstein's monster. Now the...
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Navy’s Tiniest Warships Could Lead Assault on Iran
If the U.S. Navy goes to war against Iran, its tiniest ships could play the biggest role. Diminutive minesweepers and coastal patrol boats are being upgraded, rearmed and pushed to the maritime front...
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Despite Asia Talk, Navy Will Send Newest Ships to Mideast
The Navy is eager to build up its presence in Asia and the Pacific. But the so-called "Asia Pivot" doesn't tell the full story. Over the next four years, the Navy will conduct a greater ship surge in...
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Navy’s Rebooted Warships Sail Into Political Storm
The Navy has gone back to the drawing board for its newest warships. They still may not be ready to do the jobs that the military promised they would.
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Romney’s Big Navy Guru Made Millions From Building Ships
Mitt Romney says a big, big Navy buildup is key to America's standing in the world. But for one Romney's most important advisers on Navy issues, there's more at stake than U.S. national security. John...
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Navy Preps to Build a Robot Ship That Blows Up Mines
The Navy's next wave of robots will take on one of the most dangerous missions on the open water: destroying mines.
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Navy’s $670 Million Fighting Ship Is ‘Not Expected to Be Survivable,’...
The Navy's newest fighter can't survive a major blow in combat, according to the Pentagon's weapons tester. And that's just one problem with the Littoral Combat Ship.
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Pentagon’s Mad Scientists Want to Launch Killer Drones From Small Warships
Darpa wants to turn the Navy's fleet of small surface warships into floating bases for armed, spying drones. All it has to do is solve a persistent launch and landing problem.
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