The gun was first deployed in 1971 as the Mk 45 Mod 0, and has been updated in the more than five decades since.

The USS Enterprise (CV-6), an aircraft carrier, was the most decorated American naval vessel to fight in World War II and ...

For much of modern naval history ... missile destroyers are armed with the Mk 45 five-inch 54/62 caliber guns, which can fire 16 to 20 rounds per minute to a range of 13 nautical miles with ...

(U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command) Using smoke to conceal its movements, Roberts closed the range on heavy cruiser Chokai to 4,000 yards — too close for it to depress its 8-inch main guns — ...

"I see this cultural shift of 'embracing the tape' and aligning to our aviation community as the single most important thing we've done as a community in the last 20 ... its 5-inch deck gun ...

Doug Hegdahl, the subject of Marc Leepson’s “The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW’s Story of Courage and Resilience in ...

The U.S. Air Force confirmed that F-16 fightes used Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System 70mm guided rockets in the ...

The Hydra 70 is itself derived from a previous weapon, the 2.75-inch ... AGR-20 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) also used by U.S. Air Force’s F-16s, or on-board machine guns.

SEVENTY-NINE YEARS ago the end was in sight for World War 2. Germany unconditionally surrendered on May 7, 1945. Japan unconditionally surrendered on September 2, 1945.

In the run-up to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the Belarusian news agency BelTA together ...