Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy is moving to retire several Littoral Combat Ships after barely a decade in service, an unusually early exit for frontline warships. -Conceived as fast, modular ...

The Navy has retired most of its dedicated minesweeping vessels—but the Littoral Combat Ship has the same capabilities and could fill in for them in the Strait of Hormuz. Summary and Key Points: In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An A-10 flies near the USS Santa Barbara during an exercise in the Arabian Gulf, Feb. 2, 2026. (MCS2 Iain Page/U.S. Navy) (Petty ...

A LUCAS drone launches from the USS Santa Barbara in the Arabian Gulf. (Photo courtesy of the Navy) The crew of the USS Santa Barbara and personnel from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command successfully ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. military possesses several capabilities that it could wield to combat naval mine warfare in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s ...

The military keeps trying to get rid of both of them, but the A-10 Thunderbolt II and the Littoral Combat Ship keep finding ways to stick around — particularly in the Middle East. The Navy’s 5th Fleet ...

U.S. Marine Corps anti-ship missiles are deployed in the Northern Philippines near the Luzon Strait for Balikatan 2026.

The USS Santa Barbara and USS Tulsa were seen in Penang.Sherwynd Kessler Two of the US Navy's main ships for clearing mines in the Strait of Hormuz were recently spotted in Malaysia, about 3,500 miles ...

The littoral combat ship USS Canberra sails in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, May 26, 2025. (U.S. Navy) U.S. Navy counter-mine ships that replaced minesweepers last year in Bahrain ...

The current conflict over the Strait of Hormuz seems like an opportunity tailor-made for Navy ships made in Mobile to finally live up to their potential. To judge from a new Navy Times report, that ...

An unmanned “suicide” drone that was initially tested by a San Diego warship in December was used in combat for the first time Saturday during the U.S.-Israel attack on Iran, according to the U.S.