HMS Vanguard, Britain’s last battleship, was laid down in 1941 amid shifting naval tactics favoring aircraft carriers over traditional battleships. Despite being completed in 1946, post-WWII, Vanguard ...

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The main document approved by the Commonwealth leaders was the Apia Ocean Declaration. Outgoing Commonwealth ...

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Farncomb is the first boat scheduled for the LOTE upgrade. It is one of the one of the oldest submarines in the fleet, and ...

Guam is located 1,800 miles from the China coast and is a major U.S. military hub for warships, submarines, bombers and ...

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If you stay with your old doctrine, you will be dead very rapidly,” said French Navy Chief of Staff Adm. Nicolas Vaujour.

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The 16-inch/50-caliber Mark 7 gun, featured on Iowa-class battleships, became one of the U.S. Navy's most powerful and iconic weapons. Designed initially for lighter rounds, the Mark 7 was ...

And did it last? WW2: How close did D-Day come to failure? documentWW2: How close did D-Day come to failure? Over 150,000 British, US and Canadian soldiers had landed by air and sea and pushed ...