The company will extend the barrel of the Mk 45, strengthen the gun mounts and incorporate a fully digital control system.

American missiles were used to engage most of the enemy targets, but the destroyer was forced to employ the five-inch gun against one of the drones.

GAZA, January 31, 2025 (WAFA) — A Palestinian young man was killed today by Israeli naval forces' gunfire near the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. WAFA correspondent reported that 19-year-old ...

The US Navy has contracted BAE Systems to upgrade Mk 45 5-inch naval gun systems, including the overhaul of existing systems, ...

An Italian navy ship has taken migrants to Italy from asylum processing centers in Albania following a court decision in Rome ...

Rear Adm. Kenneth W. “Pete” Pettigrew’s Vietnam success made him the only Top Gun instructor to put his training to practical ...

The gun was first deployed in 1971 as the Mk 45 Mod 0, and has been updated in the more than five decades since.

Sailors with USS Stockdale (DDG-106) used the destroyer’s five-inch gun to shoot down a Houthi uncrewed aerial vehicle, the ...

Northern Strike 25-1, this year’s winter training exercise hosted by the Michigan National Guard was set for Jan. 27-30, at Northern Michigan’s National All-Domain Warfighting Center.

India's 76th Republic Day featured a grand parade highlighting national strength and cultural heritage. The event included ...

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On a very wet Monday in December before Covid 19, James Kearns in Sligo asked Martin A. Timoney, both Sligomen, about consulting Sligo Museum about a metal object in his possession He described it ...