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China had three carriers in commission at the end of July and, according to the Pentagon, wants nine by 2035. The hulls are the...
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China had three carriers in commission at the end of July and, according to the Pentagon, wants nine by 2035. The hulls are the...
The final bill for the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier now runs to about $1.3 billion — $902 million to inactivate her, $111 million to...
The USS Essex went from keel laying to commissioning in 20 months. The Yorktown did it in about 16. Between December 1942 and the...
The U.S. Navy has known since 2005 that a quiet diesel submarine can slip past a carrier's defenses and score a kill, because a...
For decades, strategists have warned that the aircraft carrier is going the way of the battleship — too big, too costly, too easy to...
The USS Gerald R. Ford has begun a planned incremental availability (PIA) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard that is expected to last around 18 months....
The USS Gerald R. Ford and its sisters are the most advanced and expensive warships ever built, and they finally work. But the story...
In March 2026, France named its next carrier the France Libre and began building the most ambitious warship in European history, an 80,000-ton nuclear...
Early last year, a Chinese naval task group circumnavigated Australia, held live-fire drills, and forced dozens of airliners to divert. The most revealing thing...
China wants as many as nine aircraft carriers by the mid-2030s, but pilots, escorts, logistics, and experience remain the real test.