The U.S. Navy’s push to mount high‑energy laser weapons on surface ships is no longer a distant concept but a contract‑backed effort moving through formal acquisition channels. Rather than being tied to any officially named new destroyer class,

This is the shocking moment that a US Navy destroyer and supply ship collided in the Caribbean. Footage from onboard the Supply-class fast combat support ship USNS Supply shows running from the ship's edge as the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Truxtun heads straight for the vessel.

U.S. Navy ships USS Truxtun and USNS Supply collided during an operation in the Caribbean, injuring two sailors.

The US Navy’s chief has fully supported directed energy weapons (DE), declaring that the

Two people reported injuries after the vessels assigned to the military buildup in the Caribbean collided during a ship-to-ship refueling.

The United States is spending more on naval shipbuilding than at any point since the Cold War, yet the fleet is aging, shrinking and arriving years late to the pier. Warships that were supposed to restore American maritime dominance are instead stuck in a tangle of delays,