DefenceTalkThe US Navy sent four ships this week to conduct Arctic security operations in the Barents Sea north of Russia for the first time in over three decades, the Pentagon said Monday. The move came as US officials said rivals like China and Russia were increasingly testing US defense resolve with their own air and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-ships-in-barents-sea-near-russia-1st-time-since-1980s-75388/

DefenceTalkSOUTH CHINA SEA: The Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group (BHR ESG) joined two guided-missile destroyers from the Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) for a series of interoperability drills in international waters, Oct. 3-4. The BHR ESG employed the capabilities of USS Spruance (DDG 111) and USS Decatur (DDG 73) to practice defense in depth […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-sends-reinforced-strike-group-into-south-china-sea-68308/

DefenceTalkThe largest US destroyer ever built headed for sea trials Monday, its angular radar-evading form cutting a distinctive figure on Maine’s Kennebec River, the US Navy said. The $4.3 billion USS Zumwalt is the first in a new line of revolutionary guided missile destroyers. Hundreds of workers were on hand to cheer the ship as […]https://www.defencetalk.com/revolutionary-us-zumwalt-class-guided-missile-destroyer-ddg-1000-sea-trial-navy-66005/