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President Kennedy had inherited a CIA plan to depose Castro, presumably modeled on the earlier successful attack on Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán in 1954. Reportedly, President Lyndon Johnson believed Kennedy's assassination had been Castro's effort to end these attempts. Sixty years ago this April, the United States sponsored an attempted coup against Fidel Castro, beginning with a rebel landing at Cuba's Bay of Pigs. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the factors that led to Germany's collapse in World War I. It describes the massive Western Front land battles of 1918 in which the Allies beat back and then threatened to break the German Army. It notes that Germany possessed the world's largest navy, but it was not prepared to fight a maritime conflict. Also mentioned are political factors, including the 1912 elections that for the first time produced a center-left majority.

The article discusses the history of the U.S. Naval Expansion Act of 1916, a law signed by President Woodrow Wilson which included an expansion of the Navy during World War I. Topics include the British government's tightening of its blockade rules in a bid to weaken Germany, the major gaps found in Wilson's naval program, which did no envisage any expansion in the U.S. naval training, and the implications of the act.

The article discusses the history of the U.S. Navy's use of the warships known as cruisers from late 18th century through the 1970s. An overview of the role that cruisers played in attacking shipping during naval warfare, including their use as a strategic threat against the British merchant shipping in the 1880s, is provided.

The article discusses aspects of wars between trading nations since 1914. Topics discussed include World War I, Cold War, and the U.S. Navy. Other topics discussed include the Great Britain government, assassination of the Austrian crown prince Franz Ferdinand, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

The article discusses the technology and art of naval ship design and compares the design of ships from the U.S. Navy and the British Royal Navy beginning in World War II. It examines the size of various vessels including cruisers, battleships, and carriers. It also discusses the design of post-World War II destroyers and frigates.

The article focuses on U.S. President Barack Obama's administration's new defense strategy. The strategy includes the need to build up cyber-defenses and to counter the anti-access threats posed by Iran and China and to plan to draw down ground forces. The new concept is described as a pivot strategy.

The article presents an exploration into the history of the first two dreadnought battleships of the U.S. Navy at the turn of the 20th-century, the USS South Carolina and the USS Michigan. Details are given describing their design and commission in the 1890s into the first decade of the 20th century, making use of innovations in large-caliber guns. Accounts of the construction process under Rear Admiral Washington L. Capps are provided, noting its benefits and flaws.

The article focuses on low probability of intercept (LPI) radars and its performance in naval operations. This radar is used to reduce the risk of detection and attack by using a form of pulse compression such as been used by PILOT of Saab AB and SCOUT of Thales Nederland BV. It also mentions the basic LPI techniques, the possible counter and counter-counter measures, and its other way of concealment.

The article informs about the role of the U.S. Navy in the post World War II world. It is stated that the Cold War in Europe was played out in economic and peripheral military terms and was more maritime in character. It is reported that the West had free use of the sea for its own purposes but it could not block its enemies from using the sea themselves. However, it made all Soviet attempts to build an adequate fleet expensive.

The article evaluates sonar technology including the AN/AQS-24 high-resolution sonar, the T-AGOS class ocean surveillance ships and the cylindrical array sonar from Atlas Elektronik GmbH.

The article reports that Navalists at the turn of the 20th century were beginning to see the oceans as highways for both commerce and war. Two of the principal transformational visionaries were Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan and Admiral William S. Sims. In 1900, the Navy was at the center of a deep shift in U.S. national strategy. The key, it seems, was a new perception of what naval power could mean to the United States. Histories of the war emphasize its offensive aspects: U.S. warships seized the Philippines, and the U.S. Navy destroyed the Spanish fleet off Cuba. Before 1898 very little real war planning had been done.

Provides information on frigates and corvettes. List of countries building the naval ships; Features of the ships; Capabilities of the ships.

Discusses the incorporation of stealth technologies for low-observable designs of military ships to negate advances in sensing. Complementary approaches used to reduce the observability of surface ships by radar; Manner by which conventional radar suffers multipath reflections in stealthy platform vessels; Details on stealth ship designs.

Highlights an incident of mid air encounter between an U.S. Navy EP-3E electronic surveillance aircraft and Chinese Navy J-8 fighter over the South China Sea. Charges leveled by Chinese authorities against the crew of EP-3E; Communication between Chinese fighters and air traffic controllers; Ideological differences between China and U.S.; Apology offered by U.S. and subsequent release of the crew of EP-3E aircraft.

Reports on naval operations in the Persian Gulf. Adoption of network-centric style of warfare; Comparison between network-centric and conventional warfare; Employment of platforms based disparate levels of technology.

Focuses on the Royal Australian Navy's efforts to fix the problems encountered during the development of its advanced-capability `Collins'-class submarines. Assessment of risk in a new program; Two-phase solution to the problem with the combat-direction system; Importance of electronic data collection.

Focuses on the military challenges facing the United States in the post-Cold War environment. Similarity of the United States' military situation to that of Great Britain's; United States' military withdrawal from the Third World; Impact of the loss of nuclear weapons at the end of the Cold War.

The author talks about the Japanese Type 93 torpedo, which is considered the single greatest surprise the U.S. Navy suffered in the Solomon Islands campaign during World War II. He claims that the Japanese torpedo was more massive than U.S. torpedoes and that it combined long range and high speed. The composition of the Type 93 is mentioned. The performance of the Type 93 is also described.

The article discusses the use of the Mark 37 gun fire-control system aboard U.S. Navy destroyers during World War II. The author explains the system's use of a belowdecks computer in order to aim a ship's guns at a specific target. The Mark 37's use in antiaircraft operations is explained, as is the incorporation of the Mark 4 radar into the fire-control system.

The article presents information on the U.S. naval strategy. Collaboration with other navies has long been a centerpiece of U.S. naval strategy, policy, and operations. The Navy International Programs Office (Navy IPO) arranges sales of U.S. naval technology, systems, and platforms to foreign navies and coast guards. The relationships that the U.S. Navy forges in international programs encourage navies to seek its help when they encounter technological challenges.

The article focuses on the teachings from Gulf War in 1991 and U.S. war against Iraq in 2003. In the case of Iraq, the problem is that the primary U.S. war aim is the destruction of the Iraqi government. The aim of the initial shock and awe air strikes on Baghdad, Iraq was to reinforce the prewar impression that U.S. forces were unstoppable. Observers imagine that the 1991 cease-fire was ordered because former U.S. president George Bush was horrified by the destruction wrought by U.S. aircraft against thin-skinned Iraqi vehicles fleeing Kuwait along what was soon known as the highway of death.

Observes the network-centric organization of the US Navy. Basic tenet of network-centric warfare; Tendency of naval ships and formations to be dispersed; Comparison between classical and network-centric warfare.

The article explores the history of the U.S. Navy's AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile. The Sparrow was reportedly one of the most widely used and remains in service as of 2017 in various different forms. Topics include the Navy's success in developing weapons, the agencies responsible for missile development, and the Sparrow as a modular system. Also discussed are the features of the Sparrow, changes made to the missile, and surface-to-air missiles.

The article discusses U.S. Navy's communication vulnerabilities in relation to hacking. It states the capability of Navy's remote control for integrating ships and aircrafts is considerably deterred or undermined by hacking through attacking systems that bypass encryption by opponents such as China and Russia. It mentions U.S. has developed protection against hacking through Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) and hardening of computer networks.

The article offers information on testing of long-expected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by the North Korea Navy. Topics discussed include the U.S. move to convince China to cut off coal trade from North Korea and food to North Korea, views of North Korean politician Kim Jong-Un on nuclear weapon and missile programs of the nation, and presence of the U.S. military forces perceived as a deterrent against the North Korea.

The article offers information about the return of Great Britain's new aircraft carriers, such as the HMS Queen Elizabeth, and the Prince of Wales, following sea trials. Other critical topics being presented include the North Atlantic Treaty Organization operation against Serbia in the late 1990s as well as the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier program.

Discusses the plans of the Great Britain Royal Navy to develop the Future Surface Combatant to replace the Type 22 antisubmarine warfare frigate. Displacement of the proposed ship; Armaments.

Focuses on news and developments in the Australian Navy as of September 1999. Status of the Royal Australian Navy's Collins-class submarines; Completion and operation of the fleet; Profiles of the submarines; Problems encountered.

Focuses on international naval developments as of May 1999. Loss of an F-117A stealth fighter by the United States Air Force during attacks in Kosovo and Serbia; China's protest to the United States' development of a antimissile weapons.

The article discusses features and capabilities of the second aircraft carrier launched by China. Topics explored include the similarities of this ship to the first Chinese carrier Liaoning and the Russian aircraft carrier Kuznetsov, its use of a ski-jump ramp and arresting gear for aircraft takeoffs and landings, and the perceived operational benefits of this ship to the Chinese Navy.

The article focuses on issues concerning the U.S. Tomahawk strike wherein the U.S. Ship (USS) Ross and USS Porter fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian airfrield from which the sarin nerve gas attack against Syrian civilians had been mounted in April 2017. Topics discussed include the limit for tomahawks being subsonic missiles, precision target of Tomhawk missiles, and whether armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) should be the successors of Tomahawks for U.S. naval attacks.

The article reflects on the effectiveness of U.S. Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency program's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System to counter regional missile threats from North Korea. It mentions that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is claiming to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). It informs that defense experts have warned that even an inaccurate North Korean ICBM could create an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) that could cause horrific damage.

The article discusses the history of armaments and innovations in the U.S. Navy in the 20th century. Particular focus is given on the magnetic exploder by the Bureau of Ordnance (BuOrd). BuOrd became interested in a magnetic exploder in 1921 and was inspired by the German wartime development of a magnetic exploder.

The article informs that the U.S. Navy seems to be having trouble with new warships using all-electric drive in place of more traditional geared steam or gas turbines. It is noted that gas turbines, which power most major warships today, are inefficient except at their designed maximum power and all engines in a ship were rigged as generators. It is noted that survivability and fuel economy are two different advantages cited by proponents of electric drive.