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The USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, has been in overhaul for five years and counting. The original timeline called for...
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The USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74), a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, has been in overhaul for five years and counting. The original timeline called for...
What You Need to Know: The United States Navy lost dozens of F-14 Tomcat air-superiority fighters and an estimated 68 American aircrew over the...
Anytime I ever brought up Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the tragedy we call the Admiral Kuznetsov, U.S. Naval officials either laugh or cringe. As...
Why the Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carriers are So Special: There is a particular kind of warship that gets rarer the longer you study naval history....
The U.S. Navy is currently undertaking a significant review of its future aircraft carrier force, with particular focus on the next-generation Ford-class carriers. This...
Key Points and Summary – United States Navy and Marine Corps aviators consistently report higher stress levels landing high-performance fighter aircraft on aircraft carriers...
According to recent reports from U.S. officials, China intends to obtain a fleet of nine aircraft carriers by 2035. Currently, China operates three aircraft...
Russia announced plans for a 100,000-ton nuclear-powered supercarrier in May 2015. Eleven years later, the keel still hasn’t been laid. The Project 23000 Shtorm...
A Swedish diesel submarine costing a fraction of an American supercarrier repeatedly penetrated a carrier strike group’s defenses and ‘sank’ the carrier during exercises...
Most of America’s aircraft carriers are fighting Iran, stuck in shipyards, or routing around Africa — and China knows it. The Pentagon has gamed...