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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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China’s Plan To Sink Navy Aircraft Carriers Boils Down To 3 Words

China’s A2/AD Has a Message for U.S. Carriers: DF-21D, DF-26, and the New YJ Missile Threat The great Prussian military sage Carl von Clausewitz...

Brent M. EastwoodJanuary 18, 2026

PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 30, 2007) - USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conducts rudder checks as part of the ship's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) following a six-month Planned Incremental Availability. All naval vessels are periodically inspected by INSURV to check their material condition and battle readiness. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class M. Jeremie Yoder (RELEASED)

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The U.S. Navy’s Biggest Fear: Aircraft Carriers Become the New ‘Battleship’

Aircraft Carriers Aren’t Obsolete—They’re Evolving for China’s Missile Age Every generation, new weapons emerge that challenge the aircraft carrier, causing some to declare the...

Harrison KassJanuary 18, 2026

Iowa-Class Battleship. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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The Trump-Class Battleship Has 1 Problem That No Fancy Pictures Can Fix

The proposed Trump-class battleship concept depends heavily on a 32-megajoule electromagnetic railgun firing hypersonic tungsten projectiles, but railgun feasibility remains the central vulnerability. The...

Christian D. OrrJanuary 18, 2026

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 6, 2012) F/A-18 Hornets and Super Hornets from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 fly in formation as MH-60S Seahawk helicopters assigned to the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 fire flares during an air power demonstration above the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln is returning to the United States after the completion of an eight-month change-of-homeport deployment during which she operated in the U.S. 5th, 6th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Zachary A. Anderson/Released)

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U.S. Navy Moves Nuclear Nimitz-Class Supercarrier from China’s Backyard to Iran’s Backyard

USS Abraham Lincoln Has A Message For Iran: A U.S. Supercarrier Heads To CENTCOM The United States Navy has ordered the nuclear-powered supercarrier USS...

Jack BuckbyJanuary 18, 2026

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The Trump-Class Battleship’s Fate Might Already Be Sealed

President Trump’s proposed Trump-class battleship, known as BBG(X), is pitched as a high-end surface combatant with large missile launchers, hypersonic strike, directed-energy defenses, and...

Steve BalestrieriJanuary 17, 2026

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The U.S. Navy Just Deployed 3 Supercarriers in ‘Coordinated Strategy’

USS Abraham Lincoln’s Carrier Strike Group is redeploying from the Indo-Pacific to the Middle East as unrest in Iran intensifies and CENTCOM expands regional...

Reuben JohnsonJanuary 17, 2026

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Did You Know of the Day: The Navy Almost Built Medium Aircraft Carriers (CVV)

The CVV “Aircraft Carrier (Medium)” emerged in the 1970s as the Navy tried to balance forward presence with tightening budgets and rising supercarrier costs....

Jack BuckbyJanuary 17, 2026