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China is racing toward nine aircraft carriers by 2035, the fastest carrier buildup since World War II. But a carrier never fights alone —...
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China is racing toward nine aircraft carriers by 2035, the fastest carrier buildup since World War II. But a carrier never fights alone —...
The U.S. Navy declared its electromagnetic railgun dead in 2021, beaten by barrel wear and impossible power demands. But in 2026 it's back —...
The battlecruiser was supposed to be extinct after 1945 — until the Soviet Union built four nuclear-powered Kirov-class giants, the largest surface warships since...
The F-14 Tomcat was never meant to fly on the TF30. Designed for the Pratt & Whitney F401, it got the TF30 as a...
The MQ-25 Stingray just cleared Milestone C, moving the world's first carrier-based autonomous aircraft toward the fleet. It isn't a fighter or a bomber...
The SSN(X) is supposed to be the deadliest attack submarine ever — Seawolf's firepower, Virginia's stealth, Columbia's endurance in one hull. It's also slipped...
The Ticonderoga-class cruisers were the most heavily armed surface warships America ever built — 122 missile cells each. Congress forced the Navy to keep...
The Columbia-class submarine is built around two ideas: carry the most destructive arsenal America fields, and never be found while carrying it. Sixteen Trident...
On a spec sheet the USS Gerald R. Ford beats China's new Fujian aircraft carrier on nearly every number — bigger, nuclear, more aircraft,...
China launches a carrier every 20 months. America just delayed its newest one to 2034 — because the shipyard physically can't fit it —...