Sailors conduct 9mm small arms live-fire training aboard guided-missile destroyer USS HALSEY (DDG 97).

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) fire at targets during a stress call drill aboard the USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Philippine Sea. India Company executed stress call drills to simulate real life situations under stress while still maintaining proficiency with multiple weapon systems.

Firing a M2HB .50-caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58). Laboon is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting operations as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Strike Group.

Sailors assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) carry a simulated casualty to safety during a flight deck fire drill. 📸 Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica Kibena

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully completes Full Ship Shock Trials while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 8, 2021. The U.S. Navy conducts shock trials of new ship designs using live explosives to confirm that our warships can continue to meet demanding mission requirements under harsh conditions they might encounter in battle.

POLARIS POINT, Guam -- Sailors and civilian mariners assigned to the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) and Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Asheville (SSN 758) offload a Mark 48 advanced capability torpedo from Asheville during a weapons handling evolution, 📸 Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Naomi Johnson

WATCH: U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning IIs assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 164 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit fire GAU-22 canons during a live-fire training exercise. The F-35Bs are providing close-air support to Operation Octave Quartz to relocate U.S. Department of Defense forces in Somalia to other East Africa operating locations.

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The US Navy gave up on building an arsenal ship in the 1990s. For South Korea, the idea of a "Joint Firepower Ship" has new appeal.

An Oscar-II class cruise missile submarine has been observed entering the Baltic early on Thursday. Its arrival is a massive increase in Russian Navy firepower.

The U. S. Navy spent $22 billion developing a new destroyer and all it got was three ships -- but with a unique level of firepower. Now it has to figure out the best way to use them.

Behold the Charlemagne! A Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy in service between 1807 and 1814 before being transferred to the Dutch Navy.  Ordered by Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte himself, this vessel was packed to the brim with firepower and now reimagined in LEGO Soldiers form by BrickDuvel. BrickDuvel writes: Here’s […]

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This post has been updated with a revised status on the CVX program. The Republic of Korea Navy is no longer solely focused on the threat from its northern neighbor, but is embarking on an expansion to build a fully-fledged blue water fleet. Supported by its two main naval shipbuilders – Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) based in Ulsan and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Mechanical Engineering (DSME) based in Okpo – the South Korean Navy is in the process of building up its surface fleet and increasing the capability of its submarines to provide more offensive firepower and conduct wider regional engagements.

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The supersonic SM-6 Standard Missile, designed to shoot down incoming aircraft and cruise missiles, has sunk a target ship in a test. The decommissioned frigate Reuben James went down off Hawaii in the January event, just disclosed today. The test was part of the Navy’s effort to rebuild its firepower to destroy enemy fleets, a concept called Distributed Lethality. Repurposing defensive missiles as offensive ones also reflects a Pentagon push to make old weapons do new tricks for a minimum added cost. After the Soviet Union fell in 1991, the US Navy refocused from fighting hostile fleets to striking land targets. Air defense for carrier task forces and ballistic missile defense for friendly nations also became ever-higher priorities. As a result, destroyers and cruisers increasingly filled their missile tubes with Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles and defensive Standard Missiles — leaving less and less room for anti-ship weapons. What’s more, the anti-ship weapons we do have are almost all variants on the venerable Harpoon, which is outranged by newer Russian weapons and their Chinese copies. So with the return of Russia’s navy and the rise of China’s, the shortfall in fleet-vs.-fleet firepower has become painfully apparent. The SM-6 is the latest variant in the Raytheon-built Standard Missile family. The SM-6 derives from the venerable SM-2 anti-aircraft missile but is souped up to take on low-flying cruise missiles. SM-2 always had some capability against surface ships, but this is the first time the more potent SM-6 has proven itself against such a target. The third sister, SM-3, is specifically designed to intercept ballistic missiles above the atmosphere — but the SM-6 has also proven versatile enough to shoot down ballistic missiles in some parts of their flight as well. The SM-6 isn’t necessarily the ideal anti-ship or anti-ballistic missile weapon. But the more missions a single missile can perform, the more flexibility commanders have in combat. The Navy is also testing an upgrade to the Tomahawk that allows it to target moving ships as well as static targets ashore; while slower than the SM-6, and therefore easier to shoot down, the anti-ship Tomahawk has longer range, making them complementary. Having anti-ship capability in both weapons means Navy ships could do all three of their main missions — hitting land targets, fighting other ships, and anti-aircraft/missile defense — with just two sets of missiles. That effectively increases firepower by leaving fewer missiles unused because the ship isn’t currently doing the mission they’re made for. Another effort to increase flexibility is called Cooperative Engagement Capability, in which one ship fires at a target it can’t see based on radar data from another ship or aircraft. In another January test disclosed today, SM-6s from the John Paul Jones shot down five targets at record-breaking ranges using data provided from the USS Gridley via CEC. The Navy’s ultimate goal here is what admirals call “distributed lethality.” Instead of enemies being able to focus on our aircraft carriers, they’ll have to worry about every ship in the fleet, because any ship can hurt them — and if even one US ship spots them, it can call in firepower from the rest of the fleet. Hopefully, that kind of threat will deter adversaries from attacking altogether.

Description Former heavy cruisers of the Unified Shogunate Navy were heavy scouts for the fleet and support units, guiding smaller forces into battle or being glorified attack boats. With the four Daisen-class cruisers, the navy gained a solid fleet cruiser, either at home in the battle line or operating in smaller groups. Armed with ten 203mm guns in two triple and two twin turrets, firepower was comparatively heavy and twelve torpedo tubes only added to this with devastating salvoes. Air-defense was adequate at best, however, with eight Type-89 127mm guns, eight 57mm and a dozen 25mm weapons. Two floatplanes provided long-range recon and adequate armor made them tough vessels. They gained fame early in the war by being aggressively handled when operating together, making torpedo runs even against stronger enemies. Their torpedoes, however, proved to be their undoing, the Shogunate lost three of the four to magazine explosions.

The Swedish Marines are undergoing a major transformation as part of the Amfbat 2030 initiative, which aims to provide them with the ability to fight in the littorals