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Summary and Key Points: The USS Nimitz — laid down in 1968 and originally scheduled to begin decommissioning at Norfolk this month — has...
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Summary and Key Points: The USS Nimitz — laid down in 1968 and originally scheduled to begin decommissioning at Norfolk this month — has...
The Gerald R. Ford-class carrier was supposed to be the evolutionary successor to the 50-year-old Nimitz, but instead of replacing one major system at...
With the USS Nimitz now in the Caribbean, the prospect of an American operation against Cuba has increased. And while Havana retains an air...
France’s Charles de Gaulle (R91) is the only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier outside the U.S. fleet — half the size of a Nimitz-class but built...
The B-52 Stratofortress pilots perfected low-level flying during the Cold War to operate under Soviet radar systems after the Soviets made significant enhancements to...
A senior U.S. Navy official just delivered a brutal warning about the Pentagon’s most consequential August 2026 decision: failing to fund the F/A-XX sixth-generation...
After undergoing an extended period of maintenance, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is officially back in business. The carrier had been undergoing a...
China’s island-building campaign is mostly addressed from a military angle. But ecologists often describe the decline as among the fastest in coral reef history....
China is now on track to triple its aircraft carrier fleet to nine warships by 2035—averaging one new carrier every 20 months in the...
The USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, has been in overhaul for five years and counting. The original timeline called for...