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Israel’s Nuclear Weapons Arsenal Answers the One Threat That Could End the Country. It Answers Almost Nothing Else.

The argument about Israel's bomb usually asks whether a small, exposed state is right to keep an arsenal it has never admitted owning. The...

Andrew LathamJuly 29, 2026

(Oct. 17, 2017) The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) transits the Arabian Gulf, Oct 17, 2017. Nimitz is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. While in this region, the ship and strike group are conducting maritime security operations to reassure allies and partners, preserve freedom of navigation, and maintain the free flow of commerce. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman David Claypool/Released)

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The US Navy Put 23 New Technologies on One Nuclear Aircraft Carrier at the Same Time. That Decision Cost Years.

The Gerald R. Ford class kept the size, propulsion and mission of the Nimitz class and replaced almost everything that moves aircraft and weapons....

Harry J. KazianisJuly 29, 2026

The world’s largest aircraft carrier, Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), transits the Caribbean Sea during Carrier Air Wing 8’s aerial change of command ceremony, Jan. 19, 2026. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the president’s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. (U.S. Navy photo)

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US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Might Need More Than 24 Months of Repairs

The most expensive warship ever built came home with a repair list. USS Gerald R. Ford has arrived at Norfolk Naval Shipyard after a...

Brandon WeichertJuly 28, 2026

(Oct. 5, 2025) An MH-60S Sea Hawk attached to the “Dusty Dogs” of the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 7 fires flares above the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in support of the Titans at Sea Presidential Review. The Titans of the Sea Presidential Review is one of many events taking place throughout the country to showcase maritime capabilities as part of the U.S Navy’s 250th birthday. America is a maritime nation. For 250 years, America’s Warfighting Navy has sailed the globe in defense of freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mitchell Mason)

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2,120 Days: That’s How Long US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS George Washington Was ‘Trapped’ in the Yard

USS George Washington entered Newport News for a four-year overhaul in 2017 but did not return to the Navy until May 2023. Hidden turbine...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 28, 2026

U.S. Navy Carrier Air Wing 8 aircraft fly in formation over the world’s largest aircraft carrier, Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), during Carrier Air Wing 8’s aerial change of command ceremony while underway in the Caribbean Sea, Jan. 19, 2026. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the president’s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. (U.S. Navy photo)

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The US Navy’s Newest Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Is Running a Year Late. The Holdup Is the Arresting Gear and the Weapons Elevators. (

USS John F. Kennedy, the second Gerald R. Ford-class supercarrier, is now scheduled for delivery in March 2027. The Navy's own budget documents give...

Steve BalestrieriJuly 28, 2026

(August 16, 2006) - USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23) sits moored in the Magnetic Silencing Facility at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor Aug 16 for her first ìdepermingî treatment. The deperming process reduces a ships electromagnetic signature as she travels through the water. U.S. Navy Photograph by MCCM(AW) Jerry McLain (Released)

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‘What a Mess’: The US Navy Spent Four and a Half Years and $80 Million Repairing a Seawolf-Class Nuclear Submarine. It Is Scheduled to Retire in 2031

In October 2021 the Seawolf-class attack submarine USS Connecticut struck an uncharted underwater mountain in the South China Sea while running at 24 knots....

Brent M. EastwoodJuly 28, 2026

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France’s New Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Will Cost $11 Billion. Its Catapults and Arresting Gear Will Be Made in the USA

France has designed its next aircraft carrier to displace 80,000 tons, twice the size of Charles de Gaulle, powered by two nuclear reactors and...

Brent M. EastwoodJuly 28, 2026

The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) picks up speed as she steams through the western Pacific Ocean on Aug. 25, 2004. Stennis and her embarked Carrier Air Wing 14 are conducting exercises at sea on a regularly scheduled deployment.

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The US Navy’s USS John C. Stennis Went Into Its Overhaul in 2021. Five and a Half Years Later, the Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Is Still Not Back.

USS John C. Stennis went into her midlife refueling and complex overhaul in 2021, work scheduled to take about four years under a $3...

Steve BalestrieriJuly 28, 2026

Naval Station Norfolk, Va. (Feb. 29, 2004) – Sailors aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) "man the rails" as the carrier approaches its pier at her homeport of Naval Station Norfolk, Va. The carrier and its strike group are returning after completing a six-month deployment in support of the global war of terrorism, including Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Sondra Howett. (RELEASED)

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The US Navy Retired Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise in 2012. Scrapping Her in Alabama Will Cost at Least $1.28 Billion and Last Until 2030

When the Navy retired the conventionally powered carriers Kitty Hawk and John F. Kennedy, it transferred them to a shipbreaker for one cent each,...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 28, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

The Soviet Union Began Building a Nuclear 73,000 Ton Navy Supercarrier in 1988. Ukraine Scrapped It in 1992.

Workers at the Black Sea Shipyard in Nikolayev laid down the Soviet Union's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier on November 25, 1988. Ulyanovsk was to...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 28, 2026

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Israel’s Nuclear Weapons Arsenal Answers the One Threat That Could End the Country. It Answers Almost Nothing Else.

Aerospace & Defense

The US Navy Put 23 New Technologies on One Nuclear Aircraft Carrier at the Same Time. That Decision Cost Years.

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US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Might Need More Than 24 Months of Repairs

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2,120 Days: That’s How Long US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS George Washington Was ‘Trapped’ in the Yard

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The US Navy’s Newest Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Is Running a Year Late. The Holdup Is the Arresting Gear and the Weapons Elevators. (

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‘What a Mess’: The US Navy Spent Four and a Half Years and $80 Million Repairing a Seawolf-Class Nuclear Submarine. It Is Scheduled to Retire in 2031

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France’s New Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Will Cost $11 Billion. Its Catapults and Arresting Gear Will Be Made in the USA

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The US Navy’s USS John C. Stennis Went Into Its Overhaul in 2021. Five and a Half Years Later, the Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Is Still Not Back.

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The US Navy Retired Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise in 2012. Scrapping Her in Alabama Will Cost at Least $1.28 Billion and Last Until 2030

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The Soviet Union Began Building a Nuclear 73,000 Ton Navy Supercarrier in 1988. Ukraine Scrapped It in 1992.

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