Two American naval vessels were spotted sailing through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, according to the People’s Liberation Army, which also said that it was tracking the crossing. The PLA’s ...

he Navy is set to receive its two largest, most powerful warships to date following their naming after two historic kings during a ceremony in the shipyard of Italian shipmaker Fincantieri.

The U.S. and its allies routinely send warships through the strait to assert this right. This week's transit appears to be the first under President Donald Trump's administration and comes amid ...

A jaw-dropping new photo shows the US Navy firing off a drone-destroying laser weapon — dubbed Helios — from one of its warships. The undated image, which was published in the US Center for ...

In a statement on Monday evening, the WestMinCom said the three Chinese warships, first monitored in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Sunday, entered the Philippine territorial waters navigating ...

Asked in Beijing on Wednesday about the U.S. warships, Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for China's Taiwan Affairs Office, said that Taiwan was a "core interest" for the country and that the United ...

Two U.S. Navy ships sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait this week in the first such mission since President Donald Trump took office last month, drawing an angry reaction from China ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy confirmed on Tuesday two of its ships carried out a Taiwan Strait transit, calling it routine despite an angry reaction from Beijing. The Navy said the ...

The U.S. Navy was formed by the Continental Congress in October 1775, and its first ship was named the Alfred after the ninth-century Saxon king. Other early vessels were named for important ...

Military Sealift Command operates about 125 vessels that replenish Navy ships, conduct special missions and preposition combat cargo around the world, among other tasks. There are more than 5,000 ...

The Department of Defense (DOD) spends tens of billions of dollars annually to operate and maintain its weapon systems, including combat surface ships. Combat surface ships are seagoing vessels ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan ...