By Andrew Latham
Key Points and Summary – A stark warning argues the U.S. Navy’s bedrock is “cracking” due to an industrial crisis.
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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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By Chris Barron, Bremerton Sun
On a dark and gloomy rain-filled day, a shroud of secrecy permeated the air on the Bremerton waterfront. It was the perfect setting for the final day in the top-secret career of the Bangorbased USS PARCHE, one of the world’s most prolific spy submarines. By the time its life ended Tuesday in a decommissioning ceremony at the Bremerton naval base, the PARCHE was the most highly decorated ship in Navy history-even though most Americans have never heard of it.
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According to information published by the U.S. Department of Defense on July 18, 2025, the U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) and the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales (R09) conducted their first-ever dual carrier operations while underway in the Timor Sea during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. This historic event marks the first time that nuclear-powered aircraft carriers from both the United States and the United Kingdom have operated together in a coordinated maritime formation.
Bogged down by shipbuilding struggles and maintenance woes, the US Navy faces an uphill battle to get its fleet ready for the next high-end conflict, which could be against China and its rapidly modernizing military.
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According to information published by the U.S. Space Command on July 8, 2025, the U.S. National Space Defense Center (NSDC), in coordination with the U.S. Navy, successfully conducted the third At-Sea Demonstration (ASD-3) between April 6 and 9, 2025. The exercise featured the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney and marked a significant leap in joint naval-space operations, particularly in the fields of Space Domain Awareness (SDA) and Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD).
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