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Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:18:11 +0900 en-US https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/an-era-of-submarine-diplomacy/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/an-era-of-submarine-diplomacy/ https://thediplomat.com/2022/11/us-dismisses-china-objections-to-south-china-sea-mission/ https://thediplomat.com/2022/11/us-dismisses-china-objections-to-south-china-sea-mission/ https://thediplomat.com/2022/04/japan-us-hold-navy-drills-off-koreas-amid-nuke-test-worry/ https://thediplomat.com/2022/04/japan-us-hold-navy-drills-off-koreas-amid-nuke-test-worry/ https://thediplomat.com/2021/08/us-navy-marines-conclude-giant-two-ocean-exercise/ https://thediplomat.com/2021/08/us-navy-marines-conclude-giant-two-ocean-exercise/ https://thediplomat.com/2021/07/us-navy-unveils-strategy-for-autonomous-vehicles/ https://thediplomat.com/2021/07/us-navy-unveils-strategy-for-autonomous-vehicles/ https://thediplomat.com/2021/07/us-navy-to-deploy-6-littoral-combat-ships-by-year-end/ 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https://thediplomat.com/2020/12/wargames-losing-is-learning-learning-is-winning/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/10/the-us-navys-next-large-surface-combatant/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/10/the-us-navys-next-large-surface-combatant/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/10/us-touts-uncertain-plan-to-put-hypersonic-missiles-on-destroyers/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/10/us-touts-uncertain-plan-to-put-hypersonic-missiles-on-destroyers/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/09/divers-in-southeast-asia-may-have-found-us-submarine-lost-in-wwii/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/09/divers-in-southeast-asia-may-have-found-us-submarine-lost-in-wwii/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/07/us-navy-begins-design-evaluation-for-new-sub-tracking-ships/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/07/us-navy-begins-design-evaluation-for-new-sub-tracking-ships/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/07/the-burned-bonhomme-richard-lasting-damage-for-the-us-navy/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/07/the-burned-bonhomme-richard-lasting-damage-for-the-us-navy/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/07/uss-bonhomme-richard-suffers-from-major-fire-at-us-naval-base-san-diego/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/07/uss-bonhomme-richard-suffers-from-major-fire-at-us-naval-base-san-diego/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/06/u-s-navy-dual-carrier-operations-send-message-to-china-allies/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/06/u-s-navy-dual-carrier-operations-send-message-to-china-allies/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/05/us-navy-marines-conduct-integrated-operations-in-pacific/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/05/us-navy-marines-conduct-integrated-operations-in-pacific/ Zumwalt-class.]]> https://thediplomat.com/2020/04/us-navy-accepts-delivery-of-uss-zumwalt-next-generation-destroyer/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/04/us-navy-accepts-delivery-of-uss-zumwalt-next-generation-destroyer/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/china-remains-unfazed-by-warming-us-vietnam-security-ties/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/china-remains-unfazed-by-warming-us-vietnam-security-ties/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/what-will-great-power-militaries-look-like-after-covid-19/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/what-will-great-power-militaries-look-like-after-covid-19/ Ford-class carriers at four. ]]> https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/us-navy-may-not-buy-more-ford-class-aircraft-carriers/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/us-navy-may-not-buy-more-ford-class-aircraft-carriers/ Ford-class carriers.]]> https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/us-navy-re-examining-the-future-of-the-aircraft-carrier/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/us-navy-re-examining-the-future-of-the-aircraft-carrier/ Ford class be capped at just four carriers?]]> https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/how-many-ford-class-carriers-does-the-us-navy-need/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/how-many-ford-class-carriers-does-the-us-navy-need/ Virginia-class attack submarines.]]> https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/us-navy-to-arm-virginia-class-attack-subs-with-new-hypersonic-weapon/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/us-navy-to-arm-virginia-class-attack-subs-with-new-hypersonic-weapon/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/us-navy-to-retire-first-4-littoral-combat-ships/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/us-navy-to-retire-first-4-littoral-combat-ships/ Gerald R. Ford has successfully passed important aircraft compatibility testing. ]]> https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/us-navys-ford-class-carrier-passes-aircraft-testing/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/us-navys-ford-class-carrier-passes-aircraft-testing/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/us-navy-to-arm-p-8a-poseidon-with-long-range-anti-ship-missile/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/us-navy-to-arm-p-8a-poseidon-with-long-range-anti-ship-missile/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/us-adds-low-yield-nuclear-weapon-to-its-submarine-arsenal/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/us-adds-low-yield-nuclear-weapon-to-its-submarine-arsenal/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/a-first-us-navy-deploys-mq-4c-triton-drones-to-guam/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/02/a-first-us-navy-deploys-mq-4c-triton-drones-to-guam/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/01/are-chinas-south-china-sea-artificial-islands-militarily-significant-and-useful/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/01/are-chinas-south-china-sea-artificial-islands-militarily-significant-and-useful/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/12/355-or-bust-us-navy-struggles-to-grow-with-flat-budget/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/12/355-or-bust-us-navy-struggles-to-grow-with-flat-budget/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/11/chinas-growing-amphib-fleet-a-cause-for-long-term-concern/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/11/chinas-growing-amphib-fleet-a-cause-for-long-term-concern/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/10/leyte-gulf-lost-in-history/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/10/leyte-gulf-lost-in-history/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/08/us-navy-commissions-new-littoral-combat-ship-3/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/08/us-navy-commissions-new-littoral-combat-ship-3/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/07/chinas-south-china-sea-anti-ship-missile-tests-up-the-stakes/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/07/chinas-south-china-sea-anti-ship-missile-tests-up-the-stakes/ Ronald Reagan Strike Group arrived in Australia.]]> https://thediplomat.com/2019/07/us-carrier-strike-group-arrives-in-australia-for-port-call-ahead-of-talisman-sabre-2019/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/07/us-carrier-strike-group-arrives-in-australia-for-port-call-ahead-of-talisman-sabre-2019/ Minneapolis-Saint Paul on June 15. ]]> https://thediplomat.com/2019/06/us-navy-launches-newest-littoral-combat-ship/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/06/us-navy-launches-newest-littoral-combat-ship/ Freedom-class littoral combat ship on June 15. ]]> https://thediplomat.com/2019/06/us-to-christen-new-littoral-combat-ship/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/06/us-to-christen-new-littoral-combat-ship/ Columbia on May 23. ]]> https://thediplomat.com/2019/05/us-shipbuilder-cuts-first-steel-for-lead-columbia-class-ballistic-missile-submarine/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/05/us-shipbuilder-cuts-first-steel-for-lead-columbia-class-ballistic-missile-submarine/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/05/us-navy-eyes-more-combat-upgrades-for-littoral-combat-ships/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/05/us-navy-eyes-more-combat-upgrades-for-littoral-combat-ships/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/05/south-china-sea-us-destroyer-conducts-freedom-of-navigation-operation-near-scarborough-shoal/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/05/south-china-sea-us-destroyer-conducts-freedom-of-navigation-operation-near-scarborough-shoal/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/05/french-us-australian-japanese-warships-drill-in-bay-of-bengal/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/05/french-us-australian-japanese-warships-drill-in-bay-of-bengal/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/05/multilateral-presence-and-the-free-and-open-indo-pacific/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/05/multilateral-presence-and-the-free-and-open-indo-pacific/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/05/us-naval-chief-in-india-for-high-level-defense-talks/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/05/us-naval-chief-in-india-for-high-level-defense-talks/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/05/us-india-japan-philippine-navies-demonstrate-joint-presence-in-south-china-sea/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/05/us-india-japan-philippine-navies-demonstrate-joint-presence-in-south-china-sea/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/05/a-more-assertive-us-gray-zone-strategy/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/05/a-more-assertive-us-gray-zone-strategy/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/04/the-us-navys-shifting-view-of-chinas-coast-guard-and-maritime-militia/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/04/the-us-navys-shifting-view-of-chinas-coast-guard-and-maritime-militia/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/03/first-new-us-low-yield-submarine-launched-ballistic-missile-warhead-produced/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/03/first-new-us-low-yield-submarine-launched-ballistic-missile-warhead-produced/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/03/japan-uk-us-to-hold-anti-submarine-warfare-exercise-in-western-pacific/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/03/japan-uk-us-to-hold-anti-submarine-warfare-exercise-in-western-pacific/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/02/us-navy-attack-sub-to-participate-in-japanese-anti-submarine-warfare-drill/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/02/us-navy-attack-sub-to-participate-in-japanese-anti-submarine-warfare-drill/ Billings on February 1. ]]> https://thediplomat.com/2019/02/us-navy-accepts-delivery-of-new-littoral-combat-ship-2/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/02/us-navy-accepts-delivery-of-new-littoral-combat-ship-2/ Dewey fired 20 experimental rounds at RIMPAC last summer.]]> https://thediplomat.com/2019/01/u-s-navy-tested-high-velocity-projectile-on-destroyer/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/01/u-s-navy-tested-high-velocity-projectile-on-destroyer/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/12/us-navy-releases-updated-plan-for-maintaining-superiority/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/12/us-navy-releases-updated-plan-for-maintaining-superiority/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/12/us-navy-conducts-first-post-cold-war-fonop-in-peter-the-great-bay-off-russian-coast/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/12/us-navy-conducts-first-post-cold-war-fonop-in-peter-the-great-bay-off-russian-coast/ 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https://thediplomat.com/2018/09/amid-growing-bilateral-tensions-china-denies-us-port-call-request-for-hong-kong/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/09/amid-growing-bilateral-tensions-china-denies-us-port-call-request-for-hong-kong/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/09/are-france-and-the-uk-here-to-stay-in-the-south-china-sea/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/09/are-france-and-the-uk-here-to-stay-in-the-south-china-sea/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/09/comcasa-another-step-forward-for-the-united-states-and-india/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/09/comcasa-another-step-forward-for-the-united-states-and-india/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/south-china-sea-us-china-tussle-over-military-overflight/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/south-china-sea-us-china-tussle-over-military-overflight/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/us-navy-accepts-delivery-of-two-littoral-combat-ships/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/us-navy-accepts-delivery-of-two-littoral-combat-ships/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/us-navys-columbia-class-ballistic-missile-submarine-program-faces-delays/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/us-navys-columbia-class-ballistic-missile-submarine-program-faces-delays/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/07/will-china-develop-vstol-fighters-for-its-amphibious-assault-ships/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/07/will-china-develop-vstol-fighters-for-its-amphibious-assault-ships/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/south-korea-opts-for-p-8-poseidon-maritime-surveillance-aircraft-in-1-7-billion-deal/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/south-korea-opts-for-p-8-poseidon-maritime-surveillance-aircraft-in-1-7-billion-deal/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/us-navy-chief-missile-defense-patrols-impose-serious-restrictions/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/us-navy-chief-missile-defense-patrols-impose-serious-restrictions/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/will-the-trump-administration-send-a-us-aircraft-carrier-through-the-taiwan-strait/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/will-the-trump-administration-send-a-us-aircraft-carrier-through-the-taiwan-strait/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/us-navy-selects-naval-strike-missile-for-littoral-combat-ship-and-future-frigates/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/us-navy-selects-naval-strike-missile-for-littoral-combat-ship-and-future-frigates/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/05/us-navy-commissions-new-littoral-combat-ship-2/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/05/us-navy-commissions-new-littoral-combat-ship-2/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/05/south-china-sea-two-us-navy-destroyers-conduct-freedom-of-navigation-operation-in-paracel-islands/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/05/south-china-sea-two-us-navy-destroyers-conduct-freedom-of-navigation-operation-in-paracel-islands/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/05/could-the-us-navy-blockade-china-in-wartime/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/05/could-the-us-navy-blockade-china-in-wartime/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/us-carrier-conducts-air-wing-sortie-drills-in-south-china-sea/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/us-carrier-conducts-air-wing-sortie-drills-in-south-china-sea/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/us-pacific-fleet-reveals-new-high-end-strike-group-training/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/us-pacific-fleet-reveals-new-high-end-strike-group-training/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/coming-to-foal-eagle-2018-us-marine-corps-wasp-expeditionary-strike-group/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/coming-to-foal-eagle-2018-us-marine-corps-wasp-expeditionary-strike-group/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/china-condemns-us-fonop-near-mischief-reef-in-the-south-china-sea/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/china-condemns-us-fonop-near-mischief-reef-in-the-south-china-sea/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/trump-open-to-joint-freedom-of-navigation-operations-with-australia/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/trump-open-to-joint-freedom-of-navigation-operations-with-australia/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/chinese-oceanography-echoes-the-contest-for-undersea-dominance-against-the-us/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/chinese-oceanography-echoes-the-contest-for-undersea-dominance-against-the-us/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/the-us-navys-new-30-year-plan-grows-its-fleet-realistically-but-slowly/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/the-us-navys-new-30-year-plan-grows-its-fleet-realistically-but-slowly/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/the-british-royal-navy-will-send-a-frigate-to-the-south-china-sea/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/the-british-royal-navy-will-send-a-frigate-to-the-south-china-sea/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/in-2017-us-freedom-of-navigation-operations-targeted-10-asian-countries-not-just-china/ https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/in-2017-us-freedom-of-navigation-operations-targeted-10-asian-countries-not-just-china/ https://thediplomat.com/2017/10/what-3-us-supercarriers-in-the-asia-pacific-means-for-north-korea/ https://thediplomat.com/2017/10/what-3-us-supercarriers-in-the-asia-pacific-means-for-north-korea/ https://thediplomat.com/2017/09/a-fonop-schedule-in-the-south-china-sea-what-next/ https://thediplomat.com/2017/09/a-fonop-schedule-in-the-south-china-sea-what-next/ Ford-class is the most expensive warship ever built for the U.S. Navy.]]> https://thediplomat.com/2017/07/us-commissions-new-100000-ton-supercarrier-uss-gerald-r-ford/ https://thediplomat.com/2017/07/us-commissions-new-100000-ton-supercarrier-uss-gerald-r-ford/ https://thediplomat.com/2017/07/securing-us-bases-in-the-pacific-a-new-era-of-instability/ https://thediplomat.com/2017/07/securing-us-bases-in-the-pacific-a-new-era-of-instability/ https://thediplomat.com/2017/06/is-the-focus-on-fonops-muddying-strategic-discourse-on-the-south-china-sea/ https://thediplomat.com/2017/06/is-the-focus-on-fonops-muddying-strategic-discourse-on-the-south-china-sea/ https://thediplomat.com/2017/06/the-big-lesson-from-the-us-victory-at-the-battle-of-midway-75-years-later/ https://thediplomat.com/2017/06/the-big-lesson-from-the-us-victory-at-the-battle-of-midway-75-years-later/ https://thediplomat.com/2017/01/a-us-navy-blockade-in-the-south-china-sea-is-not-sound-strategy/ https://thediplomat.com/2017/01/a-us-navy-blockade-in-the-south-china-sea-is-not-sound-strategy/ https://thediplomat.com/2016/11/us-navy-cybersecurity-and-distributed-lethality-a-conversation-with-adm-rowden/ https://thediplomat.com/2016/11/us-navy-cybersecurity-and-distributed-lethality-a-conversation-with-adm-rowden/ The Diplomat's Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran discuss the U.S.-Philippines relationship.]]> https://thediplomat.com/2016/09/will-dutertes-loose-lips-sink-the-us-philippines-alliance/ https://thediplomat.com/2016/09/will-dutertes-loose-lips-sink-the-us-philippines-alliance/ https://thediplomat.com/2016/09/its-been-120-days-since-the-last-south-china-sea-fonop-so-what/ https://thediplomat.com/2016/09/its-been-120-days-since-the-last-south-china-sea-fonop-so-what/ https://thediplomat.com/2016/08/south-china-sea-fishing-in-troubled-waters/ https://thediplomat.com/2016/08/south-china-sea-fishing-in-troubled-waters/ https://thediplomat.com/2016/08/the-strategic-lessons-of-1944s-battle-of-the-philippine-sea/ https://thediplomat.com/2016/08/the-strategic-lessons-of-1944s-battle-of-the-philippine-sea/