A U.S. Navy strike group has been spotted in the Caribbean, escalating tensions with Venezuela over alleged drug trafficking.

The U.S. Navy recently deployed Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft (GARC), as well as several other unmanned systems, to train against swarms of enemy drones during two multinational exercises held in the North Atlantic.

Long delays to get parts for F/A-18 fighters and Virginia-class submarines have forced maintainers to strip from other aircraft and subs.

Military personnel from the USS Jason Dunham interdicted a fishing boat on Friday, the first apparent search by the Navy force in the region

United States military submarines are a crucial component to the country's nuclear triad, wielding the ability to launch nuclear ballistic missiles from sea.

China released footage of carrier Fujian's electromagnetic catapults last month, showing off a technology only the US had previously.