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STRAIT OF HORMUZ (May 11, 2012) Guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG 71) and aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) transit the Strait of Hormuz. Both ships are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alex R. Forster/Released)

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100,000-Ton US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Could Be Out Of Action for a Long Time

The Navy historically allowed six months for a Planned Incremental Availability. The Carl Vinson's latest ran seven, from November 2025 to June 12, 2026....

Brandon WeichertSeptember 11, 2026

(Sept. 08, 2012) The forward deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) sails through calm seas near Guam at sunset. George Washington is the centerpiece of Carrier Strike Group FIVE, the US Navy’s only continuously forward deployed carrier strike group, based out of Yokosuka, Japan. Carrier Strike Group FIVE is currently on a routine Western Pacific patrol. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paul Kelly/ Released)

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A Swedish Gotland-Class Diesel Submarine Worth About $100,000,000 Slipped Past an Entire US Navy Carrier Group and “Sank” the $5,500,000,000 Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Ronald Reagan.

The familiar version is that the US Navy was so embarrassed when a Swedish submarine reached a firing position on USS Ronald Reagan that...

Harry J. KazianisSeptember 10, 2026

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It Took the US Navy 4 Weeks to Deliberately Sink Its Own Aircraft Carrier USS America in 2005. Iran Does Not Need to Sink a Carrier — It Only Needs to Stop 1 From Launching Aircraft.

When the US Navy scuttled the decommissioned carrier USS America in 2005 it took 4 weeks, with no crew aboard and nobody fighting the...

Brandon WeichertSeptember 8, 2026

(April 8, 2017) - Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) departs Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding for builder’s sea trials off the coast. The first- of-class ship—the first new U.S. aircraft carrier design in 40 years—will spend several days conducting builder’s sea trials, a comprehensive test of many of the ship’s key systems and technologies. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan Litzenberger)

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China Is Launching A New Aircraft Carrier Every 20 Months. The US Navy Cannot Deliver One On Time — And The Gap Is The Shipyards.

The Navy's FY2027 shipbuilding book gave the reason in the flattest language a budget document allows: construction-footprint constraints. There is not enough physical space...

Harry J. KazianisSeptember 7, 2026

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The 65,000-Ton HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales Are the Largest Aircraft Carriers the Royal Navy Ever Built. Neither Has a Catapult, Which Limits Both Ships to 1 Aircraft: The F-35B

HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales displace roughly 65,000 tons each and are the largest warships the Royal Navy has ever put...

Harrison KassSeptember 3, 2026

MQ-25 Boeing Drone U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers

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100,000-ton US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carriers Will Soon Have Flying Gas Station MQ-25A Drones to Fighter Jets Like the F-35 Get More Range

The MQ-25A Stingray will launch from an aircraft carrier, loaded with aviation fuel, and rendezvous with other Navy planes to transfer fuel to them...

Brandon WeichertSeptember 3, 2026

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China Is Playing Target Practice Attacking Mockups of 100,000-ton US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carriers in the Desert

Roughly a thousand miles from any ocean, in the Taklamakan Desert near Ruoqiang, the People's Liberation Army has built replicas of the United States...

Brandon WeichertSeptember 3, 2026

WESTERN PACIFIC (Nov. 12, 2017) The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits the Western Pacific during a three-carrier strike force photo exercise. The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Strike Groups are underway and conducting operations in international waters as part of a three-carrier strike force exercise. The U.S. Navy has patrolled the Indo-Asia Pacific region routinely for more than 70 years promoting regional security, stability and prosperity. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelsey J. Hockenberger/Released)

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The US Navy Has 11 100,000-ton Nuclear Aircraft Carriers and Can Usually Deploy 4. Only 1 Shipyard in America Can Build or Fix Them.

America owns eleven aircraft carriers and can put about four to sea at any given moment. The rest are tied up in maintenance cycles...

Brandon WeichertSeptember 3, 2026

(Dec. 26, 2015) -- Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) transits the Straight of Hormuz. Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class M. J. Lieberknecht/Released)

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Midlife Crisis: US Navy Nimitz-Class Nuclear Aircraft Carriers Need a Massive Overhaul in 25 Years That Keep Them Out of Action for Years

The reactors on a Nimitz-class carrier are buried behind structural compartments, radiation shielding, machinery spaces and armor. That is deliberate, and in combat it...

Harrison KassSeptember 2, 2026

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The US Navy’s New F/A-XX 6th Generation Stealth Fighter Is Officially Lost in Limbo

F/A-XX Update: The CNO, the Defense Secretary and the Acting Navy Secretary all said August. September has arrived with no announcement, and the decision...

Reuben JohnsonSeptember 1, 2026

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100,000-Ton US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Could Be Out Of Action for a Long Time

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A Swedish Gotland-Class Diesel Submarine Worth About $100,000,000 Slipped Past an Entire US Navy Carrier Group and “Sank” the $5,500,000,000 Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Ronald Reagan.

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It Took the US Navy 4 Weeks to Deliberately Sink Its Own Aircraft Carrier USS America in 2005. Iran Does Not Need to Sink a Carrier — It Only Needs to Stop 1 From Launching Aircraft.

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China Is Launching A New Aircraft Carrier Every 20 Months. The US Navy Cannot Deliver One On Time — And The Gap Is The Shipyards.

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The 65,000-Ton HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales Are the Largest Aircraft Carriers the Royal Navy Ever Built. Neither Has a Catapult, Which Limits Both Ships to 1 Aircraft: The F-35B

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100,000-ton US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carriers Will Soon Have Flying Gas Station MQ-25A Drones to Fighter Jets Like the F-35 Get More Range

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China Is Playing Target Practice Attacking Mockups of 100,000-ton US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carriers in the Desert

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The US Navy Has 11 100,000-ton Nuclear Aircraft Carriers and Can Usually Deploy 4. Only 1 Shipyard in America Can Build or Fix Them.

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Midlife Crisis: US Navy Nimitz-Class Nuclear Aircraft Carriers Need a Massive Overhaul in 25 Years That Keep Them Out of Action for Years

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The US Navy’s New F/A-XX 6th Generation Stealth Fighter Is Officially Lost in Limbo

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