The 21st century battleships would be as different from the Iowa-class battleships of World War II as those warships were ...

The U.S. Navy will take delivery of new-build battleships, the largest ever built, in an announcement from President Trump in ...

The Navy announced plans for a new battleship program, though key details including funding, design, and timelines remain ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump today announced the Navy would pursue a new class of “battleships” as part of the White ...

The Russian battleship Oslyabya had a grand legacy. Named for a Russian hero, the vessel was little more than two years old when it went into battle against the Japanese in the Russian Far East. It ...

Critics have rightly lambasted the Zumwalt-class destroyers as “ships without a mission,” plagued by technological overreach and operational irrelevance. There has been a strange push to claim the ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The problem is that passive systems need to protect a ship from a wide range of different attacks, including cruise missiles, torpedoes, ballistic missiles, and ...

For much of human history, there's been a technology-based arms race when it comes to developing and using armor. Knights wore armor about their entire bodies, but the advent of firearms in warfare ...

Friends, readers, countrymen, lend me your ear: The time has come for me to explain the difference between a warship and a battleship. Earlier this week, a National Public Radio host asked if ...