Work begins on $3.4 billion Pearl Harbor shipyard dry dock
The $3.4 billion project will completely replace the shipyard’s Dry Dock 3, which is unable to support the Navy’s more advanced Virginia-class submarines or larger surface ships.
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The $3.4 billion project will completely replace the shipyard’s Dry Dock 3, which is unable to support the Navy’s more advanced Virginia-class submarines or larger surface ships.
Persistent Ukrainian strikes on the facilities of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet are forcing Moscow to look for alternative base locations for its navy, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Nov. 14.
Lawyers for hundreds of people seeking damages from a Navy fuel spill in Hawaii say the federal government “recklessly destroyed” evidence on cellphones belonging to officers in charge of the spill’s response, according to a court filing.
Base Realignment and Closure is not about jobs, nor should it be.It is about national security. The Pentagon has too muchinfrastructure, and much of what it has is outdated andunnecessary. A successful BRAC will help the Pentagon to providenational security, which is the most appropriate contribution theDefense Department can make to the U.S. economy.
The period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union known as the Cold War brought new challenges for the American military. Soviet guided- and ballistic-missile submarines had