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U.S. Navy

F-35 fighter jet

America’s $428 Billion Fighter Jet Can’t Shoot Straight. How Big of a Problem Is This?

If it can’t shoot, if it can’t fight and if it needs a lot of help from the older planes it was supposed to replace, what, exactly, is the point of this jet?
By Chris Roberts
The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain, with a hole on its portside after a collision with an oil tanker, is escorted by Singapore Navy RSS Intrepid to Changi naval base in Singapore on August 21, 2017.

Naval Mishaps Reveal Pentagon’s Far Larger Vulnerability

Ships are spending more time at sea, and maintenance and training have suffered.
By Harlan Ullman
Fire Controlman 2nd Class Ariana Friedrichs, right, and Information Systems Technician 3rd Class Phillip Aradanas man a .50-caliber machine gun while transiting the Suez Canal aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) in the Suez Canal.

Boatload of Trouble: The US and Iran Set Course for a Battle at Sea

Iran and the United States are trading jabs off the coast of Yemen. It is a dangerous game that could escalate.
By Micah Halpern
Retired Navy Adm. William McRaven, former commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, testifies before during the Senate Armed Services Committee in 2012.

Admiral William McRaven and the Greatest of Special Ops: Saving America

By Bernie Quigley
In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Two Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft perform multiple low-level passes over USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) on April 12, 2016 in the Baltic Sea.

Message From Putin to U.S. Navy: Buzz Off

By The Editors
Navy sailors from The Netherlands watch training exercises from aboard the Choctaw County, a new U.S. Navy non-combatant vessel that has a civilian crew to provide maritime security, crisis response and troop transport, in the Gulf off the coast of Bahrain's capital Manama on April 10, 2016 The Bahrain-based U.S. Naval Forces Central Command is leading the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise

Amid Shocking Chinese Spy Case, Our Navy Can No Longer Be Trusted

By John R. Schindler
A new Russian nuclear submarine. Photo: ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/AFP/Getty Images)

Underwater and Underhanded: Russian Submarines Come to the Mideast

By Micah Halpern
Iranian Army soldiers stand guard on a military speed boat. (ALI MOHAMMADI/AFP/Getty Images)

Hot Water: Iran and the U.S. Navy Are Poised for a Fight

By Micah Halpern

Former Fighter Pilot Says Topgun Lessons Could Keep Wall Street’s Ship From Running Aground

By Patrick Clark
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