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EMALS out, steam back in? Such a decision will add time, raise costs, and cause greater strategic damage to a US Navy already scrambling...
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EMALS out, steam back in? Such a decision will add time, raise costs, and cause greater strategic damage to a US Navy already scrambling...
Long-term projections envision a Chinese fleet of six to nine aircraft carriers. Beijing currently possesses three. The Liaoning is a converted Soviet hull. The...
USS Gerald R. Ford spent 326 days deployed, fought in two major operations, suffered a serious fire and now faces months or even a...
USS Nimitz is still commissioned, but its combat career is over. A new refit would cost billions and consume years of scarce shipyard capacity.
Aircraft carriers are judged by the air power they put over the fleet. These five fell short in different ways: one was too slow,...
On May 22, 2008, a fire aboard the nuclear aircraft carrier USS George Washington caused $70 million in damage, injured 37 sailors and spread...
An executive order issued on 13 August 2026 directs the Navy to replace the electromagnetic launch system on the fourth Ford-class carrier with steam...
USS John C. Stennis entered Newport News Shipbuilding on 6 May 2021 under a $3 billion execution contract, and the fiscal 2026 budget requested...
Forrestal, Saratoga, Ranger, Kitty Hawk and John F. Kennedy each went to shipbreakers for one cent. Dismantling USS Enterprise, the first nuclear carrier, will...
The Navy has sold conventional aircraft carriers to breakers for one cent, because the scrapper keeps the recovered metal. Nuclear carriers work the other...