What does a modern navy call its heavyweight when the old battleship is long gone? The U.S. Navy’s answer is not a revival of Iowa-class steel, but a destroyer that concentrates sensing, power ...

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has claimed that its ballistic missiles have hit an US aircraft carrier.

Iran is militarily far better equipped than its Houthi proxies in Yemen, which caused considerable damage and disruption in the Red Sea between November 2023 and January 2025. Armed by Iran, the ...

Hopes for quickly reviving trade through the strait are dimming without US naval escorts as Iran steps up attacks.

The head of Iraq’s ports company said that 38 crew members of two foreign oil tankers were rescued after an Iranian attack set them ablaze in Iraq’s territorial waters in the Gulf. Also, three vessels ...

Britain’s last Royal Navy vessel in the Middle East was sent home weeks before the outbreak of war against Iran. HMS Middleton was dispatched from Bahrain in late January, some seven weeks before the ...

Iran has threatened to set oil and gas infrastructure in the Middle East “on fire” if its energy sites are attacked.

Israel says it launched “broad-scale wave of strikes” against Tehran; Dubai flights briefly suspended after drone ‘incident’; Putin speaks with Iran’s president. Follow live updates.

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The fire occurred Thursday in the aircraft carrier's main laundry room and was not combat related, the Navy said.

Four Avenger-class mine countermeasure ships stationed in Bahrain were decommissioned in 2025 after each serving for over 30 years.

The war in Iran has dominated headlines with reports of airstrikes and escalating military activity. But beyond the immediate devastation, the conflict has also illuminated a quieter and rapidly ...