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United States Navy

BALTIC SEA - APRIL 12: In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Two Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft fly over USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) on April 12, 2016 in the Baltic Sea.

Flight Control: Here’s Why Russia Buzzes U.S. Destroyers

By buzzing U.S. Navy destroyers, Russia did what a dog does—pissing on a tree and marking its territory.
By Micah Halpern
Iranian schoolboys reenact the detention of US sailors by Iran's Revolutionary Guards during celebrations marking the 37th anniversary of the Islamic revolution (STR/AFP/Getty Images).

Holiday Jeer: Iran’s ‘Victory Parade’ Hoped to Humiliate America

Recent celebrations marking the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution intended to humiliate the United States.
By Micah Halpern
AT SEA - DECEMBER 7: The future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) is underway for the first time conducting at-sea tests and trials on the Kennebeck River December 7, 2016 in the Atlantic Ocean.The Zumwalt is the largest destroyer ever built for the U.S. Navy. (Photo by U.S. Navy/General Dynamics Bath Iron Works via Getty Images)

Ashton Carter Plan to Curtail Navy Shipbuilding Is Shocking and Dangerous

Drones, smart-bombs, and cruise missiles are no substitute for the up-close and dirty role front-line troops, planes, and ships play in most conflicts.
By Steve Cohen
Iranian Navy boats take part in maneuvers during the "Velayat-90" navy exercises in the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran on January 3, 2012, the End day of ten-day war games. Iran's military warned one of the US navy's biggest aircraft carriers to keep away from the Gulf, in an escalating showdown over Tehran's nuclear drive that could pitch into armed confrontation. AFP PHOTO/JAMEJAMONLINE/EBRAHIM NOROOZI (Photo credit should read EBRAHIM NOROOZI/AFP/Getty Images)

Playing Chicken in the Strait of Hormuz

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