National Interest on MSN11d
The U.S. Navy’s Most Popular Gun System Is Getting an Upgrade
The gun was first deployed in 1971 as the Mk 45 Mod 0, and has been updated in the more than five decades since.
This Legendary WW2 Vessel Helped Conduct the Doolittle Raids
The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...
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The Navy’s Next-Gen Destroyer Is Missing Something Important: A Gun
For much of modern naval history ... guided-missile destroyers are armed with the Mk 45 five-inch 54/62 caliber guns, which can fire 16 to 20 rounds per minute to a range of 13 nautical miles ...
The Aviationist on MSN6d
U.S. F-16 Fighters Shot Down Drones with Laser-Guided Rockets in Combat
The U.S. Air Force confirmed that F-16 fightes used Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System 70mm guided rockets in the ...
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Lemnos’ children sang to the diggers – Sydney’s Sergeant Murphy on Lemnos and Imbros
Recently on a visit to friends in Bendigo the conversation turned to the Hellenic link to Anzac. Soon I was leafing through ...
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This 16-inch Gaming Laptop with Ryzen 9 and RTX 4060 Is $200 Off
Currently on Amazon, Samsung's versatile 32-inch gaming monitor, featuring a 180 Hz refresh rate and AMD FreeSync is over $150 off. The Asus TUF Gaming A16 is a gaming laptop with a 16-inch Full ...
Defense News on MSN12d
BAE awarded $70 million Navy contract to overhaul Mk 45 guns
The company will extend the barrel of the Mk 45, strengthen the gun mounts and incorporate a fully digital control system.
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Crew of USS Stockdale Shot Down Houthi Drones with 5-Inch Gun, Says Admiral
Sailors with USS Stockdale (DDG-106) used the destroyer’s five-inch gun to shoot down a Houthi uncrewed aerial vehicle, the ...
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Naval gun battery honours the nation on Independence Day
On the sidelines of the main ceremony, the Sri Lanka Navy honoured the nation, according a 25-Gun Salute onboard Sri Lanka Naval Ship (SLNS) Sayura at 12.00 noon. According a Gun Salute is considered ...