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China's third carrier, the Fujian, launches aircraft with an electromagnetic catapult, and the Type 004 is almost certain to retain the system. In the...
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China's third carrier, the Fujian, launches aircraft with an electromagnetic catapult, and the Type 004 is almost certain to retain the system. In the...
China's first carrier, the Liaoning, was a refitted Soviet hull with a ski jump and no catapults when it entered service in 2012. Fourteen...
What if the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter could be turned into a bomber? That was the idea behind the FB-22. It never occurred, and...
The DoD feared that developing a naval F-117 would be too expensive and would divert funding from other projects, such as the Joint Advanced...
Keeping the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier afloat — because its replacement is behind schedule — is essentially an insurance policy against crises around the...
The Essex-class layout the president prefers was built around a different aviation ecosystem entirely. Those decks handled slow piston-engine aircraft. Modern fighters have maximum...
Trump has big plans for the US Navy: Battleships that seem massively expensive and reworking aircraft carriers to look more like something from the...
China has a credible route to sink a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in a war. In fact, it was this very topic that led...
Long-term projections envision a Chinese fleet of six to nine aircraft carriers. Beijing currently possesses three. The Liaoning is a converted Soviet hull. The...
The J-35 is China’s second stealth fighter: a medium jet for the air force and, for the first time, a stealth fighter for Chinese...