China's second aircraft carrier, CNS Shandong, passed through the Luzon Strait in spring 2025 with two warships in escort, ...

The 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment (3d MLR), part of the 3rd Marine Division, has officially received the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS), a new ground-based missile launcher ...

The Navy is fast acquiring over-the-horizon, land-fired strike missiles capable of supporting “island-hopping” amphibious operations and traveling from ship to shore aboard the Marine Corps’ emerging ...

A Hawaii-based United States Marine Corps unit that is optimized for maritime warfare in the Pacific Ocean theater has ...

The NMESIS missile system is designed to deliver ground-based anti-ship capabilities.US Marine Corps photo by Maj. Nick Mannweiler, released US Marines stationed anti-ship missile launchers near ...

October 11, 2025: The U.S. Army’s latest watercraft demonstrated its ability to transport a Marine Corps NMESIS anti-ship launcher last week in Hawaii. The Army’s next-generation landing craft ...

Marines on Oahu are the first in their service to officially receive a new “ship-killing” missile system they hope will give American forces an edge in the Pacific. They have been testing the ...

A NMESIS launcher is deployed into position at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Hawaii, in August 2021. (US Marine Corps) The US Marine Corps (USMC) Navy Marine Corps Expeditionary ...

The United States Marine Corps is undergoing a generational transformation that has triggered heated internal debate, congressional scrutiny, and public controversy. Force Design 2030, championed by ...

For more than two decades, the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, has served as a key piece for U.S. deterrence, including in Europe. The launchers, built on the back of trucks and ...

The NMESIS is a land-fired, anti-ship missile designed to bring new levels of lethality and expeditionary weapons employment to amphibious warfare. The Navy is fast acquiring over-the-horizon, ...