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The Hardest Part of Building a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Isn’t the Nuclear Reactor or Hull. It’s the One System That Keeps Failing

Summary and Key Points: A nuclear-powered supercarrier is one of the most complex machines humanity has ever built — yet the part that gave...

Harry J. Kazianis16 hours ago

The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) transits the Atlantic Ocean, March 19, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-in-class ship of Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the U.S. Navy’s capacity to project power on a global scale. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins)

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The U.S. Navy Spent 4 Weeks Trying to Sink One of Its Own Aircraft Carriers — and for Most of That Month, It Couldn’t

Summary and Key Points: In the spring of 2005, the United States Navy set out to sink one of its own aircraft carriers —...

Harry J. Kazianis17 hours ago

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China Is Building Aircraft Carriers Bigger Than the USS Ford — but They Can’t Do the One Thing That Makes a Supercarrier Deadly

Summary and Key Points: China is building aircraft carriers at a pace not seen since World War II. By 2035, the Pentagon expects Beijing...

Steve Balestrieri1 day ago

USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier At Sea

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“I Seriously Thought We Were Going to Lose the Ship”: Inside the 30-Hour Battle to Save America’s Newest Carrier

Summary and Key Points: When fire broke out aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford last March, the Navy described it as a...

Harrison Kass3 days ago

NRL is currently working with Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Systems Engineering Directorate, Ship Integrity & Performance Engineering (SEA 05P) to transition the new pigment combination into a military specification. The most recent vessel to receive it was USS George Washington (CVN 73).

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Yes, America Really Built Flying Aircraft Carriers — Giant Airships That Launched and Caught Fighter Planes in Mid-Air

Summary and Key Points: It sounds invented, but it actually flew. In the 1930s, the U.S. Navy built two enormous airships — the Akron...

Brent M. Eastwood4 days ago

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One of the Smallest Nuclear Submarines Ever Built Beat a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier’s Defenses — and ‘Sank’ the Roosevelt

Summary and Key Points: On paper, it shouldn’t have stood a chance. France’s Rubis-class is among the smallest nuclear attack submarines ever built —...

Isaac Seitz5 days ago

U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Combat Drill. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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China’s Hypersonic Aircraft Carrier-Killer Flies at Mach 10 and Changes Course Mid-Flight — and the U.S. Navy Is Scrambling to Stop It

When China rolled the DF-17 through Beijing, it was unveiling a weapon built for one purpose: to sink American carriers before they get close....

Harry J. Kazianis6 days ago

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China Built a Missile to Sink U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers — There’s Just One Problem Nobody Can Answer

Summary and Key Points: China calls it the aircraft carrier killer. The DF-26B is built to do what most weapons can’t — track a...

Isaac Seitz6 days ago

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower conducts rudder turns during sea trials.

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The U.S. Navy Almost Built a Fleet of Cheaper, Smaller Aircraft Carriers — Here’s Why It Didn’t

Summary and Key Points: In the 1970s, under CNO Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, the Navy studied the CVV — a smaller, conventionally powered carrier meant...

Reuben JohnsonMay 31, 2026

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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Hardest Part of Building a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Isn’t the Nuclear Reactor or Hull. It’s the One System That Keeps Failing

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The U.S. Navy Spent 4 Weeks Trying to Sink One of Its Own Aircraft Carriers — and for Most of That Month, It Couldn’t

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

China Is Building Aircraft Carriers Bigger Than the USS Ford — but They Can’t Do the One Thing That Makes a Supercarrier Deadly

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

“I Seriously Thought We Were Going to Lose the Ship”: Inside the 30-Hour Battle to Save America’s Newest Carrier

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Yes, America Really Built Flying Aircraft Carriers — Giant Airships That Launched and Caught Fighter Planes in Mid-Air

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

One of the Smallest Nuclear Submarines Ever Built Beat a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier’s Defenses — and ‘Sank’ the Roosevelt

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

China’s Hypersonic Aircraft Carrier-Killer Flies at Mach 10 and Changes Course Mid-Flight — and the U.S. Navy Is Scrambling to Stop It

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

China Built a Missile to Sink U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers — There’s Just One Problem Nobody Can Answer

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The U.S. Navy Almost Built a Fleet of Cheaper, Smaller Aircraft Carriers — Here’s Why It Didn’t

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