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US, Japan, Australia team up for naval exercises in South China Sea
It's the fifth time this year that the U.S. has conducted exercises in the 7th Fleet’s area of operations with Australia and Japan.
By Diana Stancy
Japan approves record defense budget
Big ticket items include F-35B Joint Strike Fighters and revamping a helicopter carrier to launch the stealthy jets at sea.
Explorers find second Midway flattop
The researchers used an autonomous underwater vehicle, or AUV, equipped with sonar to find the ship.
Deep-sea explorers find Japanese ship that sank during WWII
Hundreds of miles off Midway Atoll, nearly halfway between the United States and Japan, a research vessel is launching underwater robots miles into the abyss to look for warships from the famed Battle of Midway.
Miracle at Midway?
At 10 o’clock on the morning of June 4, 1942, the Japanese were winning the Pacific War; an hour later, three Japanese aircraft carriers were on fire and sinking.
By Craig L. Symonds, World War II Magazine