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France’s New Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Will Cost $11 Billion. Its Catapults and Arresting Gear Will Be Made in the USA

France has designed its next aircraft carrier to displace 80,000 tons, twice the size of Charles de Gaulle, powered by two nuclear reactors and...

Brent M. EastwoodJuly 28, 2026

The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) picks up speed as she steams through the western Pacific Ocean on Aug. 25, 2004. Stennis and her embarked Carrier Air Wing 14 are conducting exercises at sea on a regularly scheduled deployment.

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The US Navy’s USS John C. Stennis Went Into Its Overhaul in 2021. Five and a Half Years Later, the Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Is Still Not Back.

USS John C. Stennis went into her midlife refueling and complex overhaul in 2021, work scheduled to take about four years under a $3...

Steve BalestrieriJuly 28, 2026

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower conducts rudder turns during sea trials. Dwight D. Eisenhower completed a nine-month planned incremental availability at Norfolk Naval Ship Yard on June 10 and is scheduled to resume underway operations this summer.

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The Navy Just Finished Repairing Aircraft Carrier USS Eisenhower. It Plans to Retire Her in 2030, a Year Before Her Replacement Arrives.

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower came out of Norfolk Naval Shipyard in April 2026 ahead of schedule, after turbine inspections, underwater shafting work and structural...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 28, 2026

Naval Station Norfolk, Va. (Feb. 29, 2004) – Sailors aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) "man the rails" as the carrier approaches its pier at her homeport of Naval Station Norfolk, Va. The carrier and its strike group are returning after completing a six-month deployment in support of the global war of terrorism, including Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Sondra Howett. (RELEASED)

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The US Navy Retired Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise in 2012. Scrapping Her in Alabama Will Cost at Least $1.28 Billion and Last Until 2030

When the Navy retired the conventionally powered carriers Kitty Hawk and John F. Kennedy, it transferred them to a shipbreaker for one cent each,...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 28, 2026

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The Soviet Union Began Building a Nuclear 73,000 Ton Navy Supercarrier in 1988. Ukraine Scrapped It in 1992.

Workers at the Black Sea Shipyard in Nikolayev laid down the Soviet Union's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier on November 25, 1988. Ulyanovsk was to...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 28, 2026

220213-N-TL932-1221 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 13, 2022) Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), back, and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) transit the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 13, 2022. Vinson and Nimitz are currently conducting routine maritime operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Joshua Sapien)

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US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz Will Cost $562 Million to Inactivate. Dismantling Her Will Take Years More

USS Nimitz arrived at Naval Station Norfolk on July 9 after a four-month deployment with nearly 3,000 sailors aboard. The Navy called Norfolk her...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 27, 2026

The aircraft carrier USS George Washington sails through calm seas near Guam at sunset while under way in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 8, 2012. The George Washington is the centerpiece of Carrier Strike Group 5, the US Navy’s only continuously forward deployed carrier strike group, based out of Yokosuka, Japan. Carrier Strike Group 5 is currently on a routine Western Pacific patrol. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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America’s $13 Billion Aircraft Carriers Keep Getting ‘Sunk’ by Cheap Diesel Submarines. China Is Building Dozens of Them

The U.S. Navy has known since 2005 that a quiet diesel submarine can slip past a carrier's defenses and score a kill, because a...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 22, 2026

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 29, 2019) USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conducts high-speed turns in the Atlantic Ocean. Ford is at sea conducting sea trials following the in port portion of its 15 month post-shakedown availability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Connor Loessin)

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China’s Missiles Now Outrange America’s Aircraft Carriers. The U.S. Navy Is Spending Billions to Reverse It

For decades, strategists have warned that the aircraft carrier is going the way of the battleship — too big, too costly, too easy to...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 22, 2026

Chakri Naruebet Thailand Aircraft Carrier Creative Commons Image

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Thailand Owns the World’s Smallest Aircraft Carrier. It Has No Aircraft, Rarely Sails, and Includes a Royal Apartment

She cost $285 million, made Thailand Southeast Asia's only carrier power, and hasn't launched a jet since 2006. The Chakri Naruebet is easy to...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 17, 2026

Pre-Commissioning Unit John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) transits the Atlantic Ocean during Builder's Sea Trials, Jan. 28, 2026. Builder’s Trials provide an opportunity to test ship systems and components at sea for the first time, and make required adjustments prior to additional underway testing. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kaitlin Young)

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First Steel Was Cut in 2011. She Joins the US Navy 2027. Why 1 American Aircraft Carrier Takes 16 Years

Sixteen years from first steel to the fleet — for a ship America once built in two. Follow the Kennedy through the yard and...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 17, 2026

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France’s New Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Will Cost $11 Billion. Its Catapults and Arresting Gear Will Be Made in the USA

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The US Navy’s USS John C. Stennis Went Into Its Overhaul in 2021. Five and a Half Years Later, the Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Is Still Not Back.

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The Navy Just Finished Repairing Aircraft Carrier USS Eisenhower. It Plans to Retire Her in 2030, a Year Before Her Replacement Arrives.

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The US Navy Retired Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise in 2012. Scrapping Her in Alabama Will Cost at Least $1.28 Billion and Last Until 2030

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The Soviet Union Began Building a Nuclear 73,000 Ton Navy Supercarrier in 1988. Ukraine Scrapped It in 1992.

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US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz Will Cost $562 Million to Inactivate. Dismantling Her Will Take Years More

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America’s $13 Billion Aircraft Carriers Keep Getting ‘Sunk’ by Cheap Diesel Submarines. China Is Building Dozens of Them

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China’s Missiles Now Outrange America’s Aircraft Carriers. The U.S. Navy Is Spending Billions to Reverse It

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Thailand Owns the World’s Smallest Aircraft Carrier. It Has No Aircraft, Rarely Sails, and Includes a Royal Apartment

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First Steel Was Cut in 2011. She Joins the US Navy 2027. Why 1 American Aircraft Carrier Takes 16 Years

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