The gun was first deployed in 1971 as the Mk 45 Mod 0, and has been updated in the more than five decades since.

The U.S. Air Force confirmed that F-16 fightes used Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System 70mm guided rockets in the air-to-air role in combat to shoot ...

The U.S. Navy's newest Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers are armed with the Mk 45 five-inch 54/62 caliber guns, which can fire 16 to 20 rounds per minute to a range of 13 nautical ...

Sailors with USS Stockdale (DDG-106) used the destroyer’s five-inch gun to shoot down a Houthi uncrewed aerial vehicle, the ...

USS Stockdale destroyed the Houthi drone during a complex attack on American forces in November.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Battleship USS Iowa’s Facebook page shared its support for the people and businesses the wildfires have impacted. “For the most part it’s a lot of fallen ash ...

Not only is the building home to the governor's offices, the legislature and the old Supreme Court room, but it also shelters several artifacts, including a model of the USS Iowa battleship and ...

The Navy christened its newest San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, USS Harrisburg, on Saturday in Pascagoula, Miss. LPD 30, built by HII, is named after Pennsylvania’s capital city and ...