destroyer
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The latest DDX model of destroyer features high levels of digitalization and automation, the two companies said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
He added that the escort destroyer ships policing the blockade of Iran “are just as bad off, if not worse.”
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
Last week, Japan announced plans to deploy an Aegis destroyer in the Pacific.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
That impression was not helped by the tardiness of mobilising the destroyer HMS Dragon – built by BAE - to provide air cover for Cyprus against Iranian and Hezbollah threats.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
He was picked out of the water by a destroyer.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
However, new research from the University of Sydney suggests these infamous reef destroyers may also have a surprisingly beneficial side.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
A second aircraft carrier, an amphibious assault ship and more than a dozen guided-missile destroyers are also involved in the effort, as well as aircraft and drones staged across the Middle East, officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
He said the eight sailors included "the Lincoln crew and sailors from the carrier airwing, strike group and destroyer squadron staff, escorting destroyers and all embarked aviation squadrons".
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Delivery of the two destroyers is expected in 2033 and 2035.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Nimitz demanded some of the battleships and destroyers originally given to Admiral Halsey for our Marines.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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