Supercarrier USS Ford Live Underwater Explosive Full Ship Shock Trials!

Very significant Navy news as aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) completes the first scheduled explosive event of Full Ship Shock Trials while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, June 18, 2021.

CHINA’S NIGHTMARE HAS ARRIVED: AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER ARMED WITH F-35 FIGHTERS IN THE PACIFIC

Last week, U.S. Navy units assigned to Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 began operations in the Hawaiian Island Operating Area and integrated with U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard units.

China-US Tensions: US Destroyer Sails in Taiwan Strait, a Week After China Sends Military Plane

A United States warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait over Beijing’s protests, in the sixth such transit near the self-ruled island under US President Joe Biden’s administration.

The USS Curtis Wilbur, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, conducted a “routine transit” through the strategic waterway that separates Taiwan from mainland China on Tuesday to “demonstrate the US commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific”, according to a US Navy statement.

“The United States military flies, sails, and operates anywhere international law allows,” it said.

The US Navy’s New Tomahawk Missile (Block V) is a Real Killer

In a recent statement, the U.S. Navy announced that the first of the new Block V Tomahawk missiles had been received from Raytheon.

“This is the next big advancement in Tomahawk capability, and a major achievement for the program,” said CAPT. JOHN RED, program manager for the Tomahawk Weapons System. “We’re focused now on delivering advanced capability to the fleet by recertifying and modernizing our Block IV inventory, and by contracting production Block V missiles.”