The United States, which has the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet with 11 in service, will soon begin building two "flattops" in a single dry dock concurrently for the first time.
A United States satellite on Wednesday captured a Chinese aircraft carrier underway at sea, while Beijing's navy also sent its newest "flattop" for another round of sea trials. The satellite ...
To continue building legacy systems, like the aircraft carrier, when our enemies have developed cheaper ways of negating the efficacy of carriers in modern combat, is not just decadent.
With the US Navy’s biggest power projectors, aircraft carriers, kept away, China’s carriers will have free reign to operate and intimidate. This, of course, is the purpose behind China’s ...
China's People's Liberation Army Navy conducted its first-ever dual carrier operation this month, flexing new muscles as it builds a fleet of aircraft carriers and an ever-larger naval force.
17-18. The vessel, from Sep. 27 to Oct. 1, clocked approximately 130 take-offs and landings by carrier-based aircraft and around 90 helicopter operations. This totalled 220 take-offs and landings ...
Reports that China has built a prototype nuclear reactor for its next aircraft carrier have prompted renewed focus on its supposed long-term ambition to project naval power far from its shores.
For the second time in 17 months, a huge US aircraft carrier sailed up the Oslo fjord on Friday, accompanied by two Norwegian port pilots, frigates, support vessels and helicopters. It’s another sign ...
China appears to have built a new and unusual aircraft carrier, intriguing experts with a potentially first-of-its-kind vessel that could further increase Beijing’s rapidly expanding maritime power.