Key Points and Summary - While often overshadowed by China's massive and rapidly growing fleet, Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) is a technologically superior and highly professional navy ...

Key Points and Summary - Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency says it successfully fired a ship-mounted electromagnetic railgun at a real vessel in June–July, using JS Asuka as the ...

The Essex-class aircraft carrier came about during World War II and was one of the first class of carriers to be outfitted ...

JS Chokai is in the US getting modified to carry Tomahawk cruise missiles, marking the latest step toward Japan acquiring the ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Two Japanese naval ships docked Saturday at Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base, whose recently completed Chinese-funded upgrade has heightened U.S. concerns that it will be used as ...

The initial inspiration for this article came from a Newsweek article by Ryan Chan: “US Ally Intercepts Chinese Spy Ships Near Coast.” To wit: “The Japanese Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday that ...

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout ...

National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds.

Japan's Ministry of Defense is upset with the Chinese navy frigate that locked onto a Japanese navy ship with radar usually used to target and shoot missiles. No shots were fired, but this passive ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Two Japanese naval ships docked Saturday at Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base, whose recently completed Chinese-funded upgrade has heightened U.S. concerns that it will be used as a ...