During the night of February 19/20, 1942, the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDA) sent a squadron towards the ...

Lt. Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi arrived on the island of Iwo Jima in June 1944. He found a garrison led by men who argued over water rationing. Navy commanders demanded the troops defend the island at ...

Robert Hunt was a torpedoman on the USS Tambor. He ran 12 consecutive war patrols in the Pacific and never fully shook what those missions felt like. "I was just sure I was going to die," he recalled ...

During World War II, Japan’s fleet was large and qualitatively peerless, but unsupported by a broader defense-industrial base. The United States finds itself in the same position today. Talk about an ...

U.S. sailors recently joined American and Japanese civilian employees to mark Sasebo Naval Base’s 80th anniversary, gathering to form the number 80 for a commemorative photo at the installation in ...

Leyte Gulf was more than a single battle it was the moment the Imperial Japanese Navy ceased to be an effective fighting force. Facing overwhelming American industrial power and air superiority, ...

Japan is entering a consequential phase in its national security planning. As Tokyo moves toward an early revision of its three core security documents – the National Security Strategy, National ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The U.S. Navy rolled out free Wi-Fi for sailors in unaccompanied housing throughout most of Japan on Thursday, bringing the service to just shy of free coverage worldwide.

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has received underwater drones designed for reconnaissance and mine countermeasures. The agency’s press service published corresponding photos on its X account.

On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato. Escorted by the light cruiser Yahagi and eight ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Almost as soon as President Donald Trump announced that the ...

The Imperial Japanese Navy launched hundreds of fighters and bombers at Pearl Harbor in an effort to paralyze the main U.S. naval base for the Pacific Fleet near Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941.