The Midway-class aircraft carriers, introduced post-World War II, became essential to the U.S. Navy during the Cold War.

Aircraft carriers have been a crucial element in combat since they were invented, but they didn't see combat against each ...

Toward the end of World War I, King George VI served with the Royal Naval Air Service. He was appointed Officer in Charge of ...

Japan faced insurmountable odds in WWII against the U.S. due to America's industrial and military supremacy. However, Japan ...

New nuclear-capable planes and upgrades to old equipment are coming. Will they deter warfare or lead to an arms race?

The Dreadnought was also the first capital ship propelled ... freshly refitted Combined Fleet. The results were grim—and predictable. Japanese war plans envisioned staging a new Tsushima should ...

What you might not be aware of is that there were a fair few who were captured during the action and held as prisoners of war ...

When should you hazard pricey, hard-to-replace capital ships in battle? That question has vexed wartime naval commanders as ...

A first wave of ten kamikaze attacks hits the U.S. Fifth Fleet off the coast of Okinawa ... Germany surrenders unconditionally. World War II in Europe is over. May 12-18, 1945 In Okinawa ...

The Canadian government is requesting proposals from foreign defense contractors to determine how much it can afford to ...

Thousands of sanctions have targeted Russia's economy, but this year it is expected to grow more than the U.S. and Europe.

Twenty years ago, Alice Smith began the hunt for the forgotten Civil War-era submarine Alligator Jr., the prototype for the first United States submarine USS Alligator. Both were designed by ...