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China To Reveal New Weapons To Sink US Ships

China is expected to officially reveal four new missiles designed to sink enemy warships during an upcoming military parade, as part of its efforts to challenge the United States’ naval dominance.

The Pentagon declined to comment when reached by Newsweek.

Newsweek has also contacted China’s Foreign Ministry for comment via email.

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U.S. Fleet Cyber Command / U.S. Navy Space Command / U.S. 10th Fleet Establish New Command

U.S. Fleet Cyber Command (FCC), U.S. Navy Space Command and U.S. 10th Fleet established a new command on Aug. 14, Cyber Group-One (CG-1), located in Wahiawa, Hawaii. CG-1 will assume oversight of Cyber Mission Forces (CMF) in the Indo-Pacific region; responsibilities previously managed by Navy Information Operations Command Pacific (NIOC PAC).

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Will Your Command Remember – 60 Years Later: Honoring the Fallen of the NSGA Kamiseya Fire September 24, 1965 – September 24, 2025

This year, September 24, 2025, marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most tragic events in the history of U.S. Navy cryptology — the deadly fire at Naval Security Group Activity (NSGA) Kamiseya, Japan. On that fateful day in 1965, a devastating blaze tore through the secure operations building, claiming the lives of 12 brave cryptologists and shipmates who were serving their country in silence and secrecy.

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Navy fires commanding officer of San Diego Reserve Center

Capt. Russell A. Herrell was relieved of his duties on Tuesday as commanding officer of the Naval Information Force Reserve Readiness Center in San Diego.

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In Harm’s Way – USS INTREPID (CVS-11) 16 April – 15 October 1971

By Bruce Ames

The 1970s were arguably the height of the Cold War and the Navy was tasked to provide as much a deep-water worldwide presence as possible. This is the story of the USS INTREPID (CVS-11) and our escapades with our Soviet friends in 1971. The USS INTREPID was launched in April 1943 and ready for action in August of 1943. She was one of the new twenty four fast Essex-class aircraft carriers. She would project her might with ninety aircraft against the Japanese with her first action in January 1944 supporting operations at Kwajalein. Damaged by a torpedo in the raid on Truk, she was out of service until June of that year. She then was a key participant in the battles for the Palaus, Leyte Gulf, and Okinawa. She was struck twice by kamikazes in late 1944. Returning to action in March

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Are We Beyond the Event Horizon of War in the Pacific?

After more than a decade of apathy and false starts, the Navy will shrink to a nadir of 280 warships by 2027—the same time that Chinese leaders have made clear their military is to be ready to wage and win a war with America. It is increasingly clear that our Navy is inadequate to deter a Pacific war, cannot be sustained for such a war with existing ports and shipyards, and has an armory of munitions that is too thin.

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