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The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) leads a close formation of 42 ships and submarines from 15 international partner nations during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 26 to Aug. 1, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Estes/Released)

The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) leads a close formation of 42 ships and submarines from 15 international partner nations during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 26 to Aug. 1, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Estes/Released)

Aerospace & Defense

China Wants 9 Aircraft Carriers by 2035. That’s One New Carrier Every 18 Months, and the Next Is Nuclear

The Pentagon’s China Military Power Report says the People’s Liberation Army Navy plans to operate nine aircraft carriers by 2035. China has three today,...

Brandon Weichert4 days ago

Shandong Aircraft Carrier

Shandong Aircraft Carrier

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Is China’s Aircraft Carrier Shandong Practicing for a Taiwan Invasion?

Summary and Key Points: China’s recent maneuvers involving the aircraft carrier Shandong near Taiwan reveal strategic rehearsal for potential conflict scenarios, particularly an invasion...

Reuben JohnsonApril 9, 2025

Fujian Aircraft Carrier China

Fujian Aircraft Carrier China

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

China’s Aircraft Carrier Fleet: What Do We Know About It?

As is well-known to anyone paying serious attention to world affairs, China’s and Russia’s respective totalitarian tyrants, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, have become awfully buddy-buddy as...

Christian D. OrrApril 13, 2023

China Aircraft Carrier. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

China Aircraft Carrier. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Is China Destined to Become an Aircraft Carrier Superpower?

China: A Budding Aircraft Carrier Power?: Though it may not be very scholarly or diplomatic to do so, it sure is fun to be...

Christian D. OrrSeptember 2, 2022

Shandong Aircraft Carrier

Shandong Aircraft Carrier

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

China’s ‘Made in China’ Aircraft Carrier Is Training for War

Sailors aboard the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) aircraft carrier Shandong may have had to put on some sunblock earlier this month as the...

Peter SuciuMay 5, 2021