Then, in July 2016, the USS Freedom, one of the U.S. Navy’s littoral combat ships (LCS), sailed off to participate in the world’s largest naval exercise, RIMPAC. The LCS class was promised as a naval ...

Outnumbered and outgunned, the crew of the U.S.S. Johnston fought overwhelming odds before their ship sank more than 21,000 feet into one of the world’s deepest submarine chasms.

The Russian submarine Emperor Alexander III can carry up to 16 nuclear missiles, which have an estimated range of 5,157 miles ...

Some of the most advanced weapons in any military arsenal aren’t on the battlefield or in the sky, but deep below the oceans.

There was no shortage of pageantry at Wednesday’s military parade in Beijing, but beyond the spectacle, it also provided the first good look at China’s latest military hardware. China has ...

Armed with nuclear missiles, the USS Growler acted as a deterrent to keep other nations from using their nuclear weapons during the Cold War.

China is on the verge of becoming a world-class submarine power, with new technology and a bigger, better fleet that is gaining on the U.S. and its allies—spurring a new undersea arms race in the ...

It’s gotta be the world’s worst Xi-some. Chinese President Xi Jinping stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and North Korean heavyweight Kim Jong Un Wednesday as they took ...

The U.S. Navy’s milestone operation underscores a broader transformation in undersea warfare: the growing demand for ...