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The National Interest on MSN5d
Stop Saying the Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Are the “New Battleships”
Critics have rightly lambasted the Zumwalt-class destroyers as “ships without a mission,” plagued by technological overreach and operational irrelevance.
The National Interest on MSN5h
Remembering the Tragedy of the USS Indianapolis
The days that followed the Indianapolis’ sinking were a harrowing ordeal that tested the limits of human survival.
Megaprojects on MSN4d
Kirov-Class Battlecruisers and the Rebirth of Naval Firepower
The Kirov-Class was born when the world had written off battleships as obsolete. This Soviet-era nuclear-powered leviathan ...
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USS Mitscher Departs Naval Station Norfolk for Scheduled Deployment
NORFOLK, Va. – Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57), assigned to Destroyer Squadron Two (DESRON ...