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Virginia-class attack sub North Dakota during its bravo sea trials. US Navy photo The Navy's fiscal year 2022 request asks for two Block V Virginia-class fast-attack submarines, one Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, and one Constellation-class guided-missile frigate, a new class of warfighting vessel. The proposal also includes a request for four support ships, including one John Lewis-class fleet oiler; two Navajo-class towing, salvage, and rescue ships; and one new ocean-surveillance ship. The Navy made "the hard ...

"Bringing our undersea warriors home after every underway is a no fail mission," the Submarine Forces commander said recently.

National Nuclear Security Administration The cannon, initially named "Able Annie," was later renamed "Atomic Annie." During the May 25, 1953 test, the cannon fired a nuclear shell that unleashed a 15-kiloton blast. The US Army successfully test-fired an atomic cannon exactly 68 years ago Tuesday. It was the first and only time the US military ever fired a nuclear weapon from a conventional cannon, according to the Army. During the Cold War, the US military developed many different ways to unleash nuclear destruction on an enemy, including a towed artillery piece ...

Anas Baba/AFP via Getty Images Israel's primary defense against Hamas rockets is the Iron Dome system. Around 4,000 rockets were fired at Israel over a period of just 10 days, according to the IDF. In addition to rockets, Iron Dome has also intercepted drones in combat for the first time. Israel's skies are defended by Iron Dome, an air-defense system that has been put to the test in the current conflict with Palestinian militants by not only unusually heavy rocket fire but also other threats it has never faced in combat before. The Israel Defense Forces report t...

US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Briana Beavers Capt. Taylor Bye skillfully belly landed her A-10 with landing gear up and no cockpit canopy last April. She was recently awarded the Air Combat Command Airmanship Award for this accomplishment. At a later date, she will receive the Air Force's coveted Koren Kolligian Jr. Trophy, Insider has learned. The US Air Force pilot who skillfully belly-landed her plane with the landing gear up and the cockpit canopy ripped off will become the first woman A-10 pilot to receive a coveted aviation award, an Air Force offi...