Few weapons programs in modern American military history have sparked as much debate, fascination, and controversy as the ...

For much of modern naval history, the role of a destroyer has been to protect larger warships from attack by enemy submarines, surface combatants, and aircraft. This objective was accomplished with a ...

Battleships vanished, carriers took over, and cruisers steadily faded from many fleets. Yet destroyers survived all of it. The reason is not tradition. It is adaptability. Destroyers began as small ...