destroyer
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Nearby were a Japanese Aegis destroyer, a South Korean tank-landing ship and a Canadian patrol submarine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
This motley pile, big enough to man a destroyer, is working together to literally support their sister’s audacious rise.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
Britain said in May it was sending a destroyer to the region, and Italy has made two minehunters available.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Under the plan, HMS Dragon - the air defence destroyer that is already on its way to the Middle East - will also "be ready for any mission" to secure the strait, the MoD said.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
The god Shiva was both creator and destroyer of the world and was depicted with the drum of creation in one hand and a flame of destruction in another.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Navy currently has 17 ships in the Middle East, including two aircraft-carrier strike groups, along with their 11 combined destroyers and a Marine Corps expeditionary unit, according to a naval official.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
But the big, powerful and expensive Type 83 destroyers, yet to be built, are now being scrapped in favour of the drones.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Navy destroyers stationed in Japan and now serves as executive director of YCAPS, a nonprofit focused on security issues in Asia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
And I look at those ships, they came with the destroyers alongside of them, and man.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
“There’s something wrong out here. Those destroyers are talking about hits, but where are the metal-to-metal sparks? And the boat wakes—where are they? And boat gun flashes?”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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