FOX NEWS: New F-35-armed Navy amphibious assault ship completes trials

New F-35-armed Navy amphibious assault ship completes trials



Firing deck-mounted guns, intercepting enemy cruise missiles, launching F-35B Joint Strike Fighters and using Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to attack behind enemy lines -- are all mission possibilities envisioned for the Navy’s fast-progressing second big-deck America-class amphibious assault ship, the future USS Tripoli (LHA 7).