Military weapons don’t change unless the battlefield forces them to. For Navy SEALs, that pressure came as warfare moved indoors, after dark, and into environments where adaptability mattered more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska off the coast of California ...

When we envision the future of naval warfare, our minds often jump to sleek, stealth destroyers unleashing volleys of hypersonic missiles, or perhaps the ...

SEALs use the same weapons as conventional infantry but train for split-second judgment under ambiguity rather than scripted accuracy. SEAL close-quarters missions require shot accountability over ...

The ongoing Iran war is depleting US munitions. Weapons contractors in New Jersey and Pennsylvania may ramp up production.

China has “the world’s leading hypersonic missile arsenal” that can threaten U.S. Navy ships, according to the Defense Department’s most recent report on Chinese military power. Hypersonic weapons fly ...

Leaders from the Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, which provides weapons and munitions support for the U.S. Navy, and Dominion Energy signed an agreement Friday to explore the construction of a ...

The US Navy has revealed new details about a laser weapon test conducted last fall, highlighting steady progress in ship-based directed-energy defenses. During a demonstration in 2025, the Arleigh ...

The first moving naval “torpedo” was physically attached to the submarine that used it—with perhaps predictable results.

Warfare transitioned from open battlefields to urban environments. Compact carbines with shorter barrels replaced full-length rifles for maneuverability. Combat now occurs predominantly after dark.