DefenceTalkNavy destroyer USS Carney arrived at its new home in southern Spain on Friday (25 September, 2015), the fourth American multi-mission ship to be stationed in Europe and contribute to NATO’s ballistic missile defence shield. “The arrival of the USS Carney marks an important step for European security and for transatlantic cooperation,” said NATO Secretary […]https://www.defencetalk.com/fourth-us-missile-defence-ship-arrives-at-its-new-home-port-in-spain-65503/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. media recently reported that the new type-055 guided missile destroyer of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLAN) and the U.S. Aegis warship are on a par with each other in terms of power and strength and that the type-055 destroyer is one of the five weapons China might use to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-downplays-capabilities-of-new-type-055-destroyer-61826/

DefenceTalkHMS Defender has arrived on station to provide vital support to a US Navy carrier task group in the Gulf, using her world-class air defence weapon systems to protect the US Navy aircraft carrier, USS George H W Bush and her aircraft as they launch airstrikes as part of the international coalition against ISIL. HMS […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uk-deploys-type-45-destroyer-to-gulf-60680/

DefenceTalkUSS Ross (DDG 71) departed its Norfolk homeport June 3 on her way to Rota, Spain, as the second of four Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers to be forward deployed there. To enhance the security of the European region, two additional ballistic missile defense (BMD)-capable destroyers – USS Porter (DDG 78) from Norfolk and USS Carney […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uss-ross-to-be-forward-deployed-to-rota-spain-59779/

DefenceTalkThings just got a lot tenser between the United States and Russia. Yesterday, a Russian fighter jet deliberately and repeatedly “buzzed” the USS Donald Cook, a destroyer that was transiting the Black Sea towards the Romanian port of Constanta. This was no accident; the Sukhoi-24, an all-weather strike fighter, made a dozen passes over the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/what-the-is-a-us-destroyer-doing-in-the-black-sea-59335/

DefenceTalkThe Navy will christen the future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) April 12, during a ceremony at General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine. The lead ship and class are named in honor of former Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Elmo R. “Bud” Zumwalt Jr., who served as the 19th CNO from 1970-1974. Secretary […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-to-christen-future-uss-zumwalt-new-class-of-destroyer-59306/

DefenceTalkToday, the Navy announced two separate contract awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 destroyers. The first contract award funds one FY 2014 DDG 51 Arleigh Burke Class destroyer under a previously awarded FY 2013-2017 multiyear procurement (MYP) contract with Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII). The second award is to exercise the option for one DDG 51 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/fiscal-year-2014-us-navy-destroyer-contract-awards-announced-59048/

DefenceTalkA US Navy guided-missile destroyer will remain in the Black Sea to conduct more exercises with allied ships, its commander said on Saturday, the eve of a breakaway vote in Crimea. The USS Truxtun this week conducted joint exercises with Romanian and Bulgarian naval forces just a few hundred kilometers (miles) away from the disputed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-destroyer-to-conduct-more-black-sea-drills-commander-59058/

DefenceTalkA US guided-missile destroyer is en route to the Black Sea but naval officials said Thursday it was a “routine” deployment that was planned before the crisis unfolded in Ukraine. The USS Truxtun departed the Greek port of Souda Bay Thursday to carry out joint training with Romanian and Bulgarian forces, the US Navy said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-destroyer-en-route-to-black-sea-for-routine-drills-58956/

DefenceTalkThe first of four US Navy destroyers, the USS Donald Cook, set to be a cornerstone of NATO’s European missile defense shield has arrived at the Spanish naval port of Rota, its new home. Russia says the system is a direct threat to its security. The USS Donald Cook will be joined by three more […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-us-missile-shield-destroyer-arrives-in-europe-50692/