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In the midst of a crisis on the Korean Peninsula, conducting an noncombat evacuation operation is going to be extremely difficult, no matter the level of confidence or capability. 

Here’s some good news for America’s sea power. While the U.S. Navy has initiated another review of its 30-year shipbuilding…

The third America-class Landing Helicopter Assault (LHA) ship, Bourgainville (LHA 08), has been launched by Huntington Industries Ingalls (HII) shipyard but this progress comes against the backdrop of a dispute about amphibious ships within Congress and the US defence establishment.

The USS Harrisburg, a $2 billion landing platform dock ship currently being built in Mississippi, will be commissioned in 2024 and put into service in 2025.

On paper, yes, but quality and ship type matter a whole more than just quantity. You may have heard recently that China’s People Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is rapidly outstripping the U.S. Navy with its larger battle force. Or if you read a different stripe of commentary, that the U.S. Navy’s mighty warships collectively out-mass its rival across the Pacific by more than two to one. Both claims are true but can mislead when presented without context. There are several different ways to cal...