Robert Hunt was a torpedoman on the USS Tambor. He ran 12 consecutive war patrols in the Pacific and never fully shook what those missions felt like. "I was just sure I was going to die," he recalled ...
“Our advanced ... sensor technology gives us a clear, detailed look at the USS Monitor for the first time since 1862 — ...
Bryant had pored over in his mission to overhaul how the U.S. military safeguards civilian life. Parents wept over their ...
Reports on March 4, 2026, revealed that a U.S. Navy submarine sank the Iranian warship IRIS Dena using a torpedo in the Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka. A torpedo is a powerful underwater missile used in ...
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A Short History of Naval Torpedoes

The first moving naval “torpedo” was physically attached to the submarine that used it—with perhaps predictable results.
PNS Ghazi sank near Visakhapatnam during the 1971 Indo-Pak war. INS Rajput's depth charges believed to have destroyed Ghazi. The event marked a turning point in India's naval dominance. Did our AI ...
Long before electric mobility arrived, the Flying Flea earned fame as a wartime motorcycle dropped with paratroopers. Now ...
Only four warships have been torpedoed since World War II. One of them was India's INS Khukri, the first and only Indian Navy ...
Energy prices are dominating headlines this morning after the price of crude oil smashed through the totemic $100-a-barrel barrier, hitting almost $120-a-barrel at one point last night. The domestic ...
Arizona ghost town where friendly wild donkeys roam the streets, old Route 66 history lingers, and the desert past still ...
An essay contest for public school children was a propaganda exercise in disguise, with Japan and Taiwan as the targets.