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China’s Navy Is On the Brink of Becoming a Real Aircraft Carrier ‘Powerhouse’

Key Points and Summary – China’s Type 003 Fujian carrier has completed electromagnetic catapult and arrested-landing trials with J-35 stealth fighters, J-15T strike jets,...

Jack BuckbySeptember 25, 2025

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$13,000,000,000: USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier Is Worth Every Last Cent

Key Points and Summary – At $13.3B, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is the Navy’s largest, most advanced carrier, fielding EMALS, Advanced Arresting Gear,...

Brent M. EastwoodSeptember 24, 2025

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China’s New Fujian Aircraft Carrier Looks Close to Fully Operational

Key Points and Summary – China’s PLAN announced its first at-sea EM catapult launches and arrested landings from the Type 003 carrier Fujian, using...

Reuben JohnsonSeptember 23, 2025

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The Forrestal-Class Aircraft Carriers Have a Message for the U.S. Navy

Key Points and Summary – The Forrestal-class—Forrestal, Saratoga, Ranger, and Independence—were America’s first true jet-era supercarriers, conceived to launch heavy strike aircraft and high-performance...

Harry J. KazianisSeptember 21, 2025

Thirteen U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), are staged aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) as part of routine training in the eastern Pacific, Oct. 8, 2019. Integrating 3rd MAW’s combat power and capabilities while conducting realistic training is essential to generate readiness and lethality in our units. (U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Lance Cpl. Juan Anaya)

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The U.S. Military Has ‘Mini Aircraft Carriers’ with F-35s: Meet the America-Class Assault Ship

Key Points and Summary – America-class LHAs are the Navy’s largest amphibs and “lightning carriers” for USMC F-35B STOVL jets. -Flight 0 ships—USS America...

Christian OrrSeptember 20, 2025

(October 30, 2007) - USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conducts Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) following a six-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA). All Naval vessels are periodically inspected by INSURV to check their material condition and battle readiness. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (AW) M. Jeremie Yoder.

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RANKED: Meet the 5 Worst Aircraft Carriers in Naval History

Key Points and Summary – “Worst” aircraft carriers fail in different ways but share the same outcome: no sustainable airpower at sea. Russia’s Admiral...

Harry J. KazianisSeptember 14, 2025

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 13, 2025) Sailors transport an F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the "Gladiators" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106 onto an aircraft elevator aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is underway conducting carrier qualifications and routine operations in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Kayleigh Tucker)

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How Do You Replace the Aircraft Carrier?

Key Points and Summary – If aircraft carriers are becoming too vulnerable to long-range missiles, hypersonics, and swarms, replace the single “big deck” with...

Andrew LathamSeptember 11, 2025

(DoD photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael D. Blackwell II, U.S. Navy. (Released))

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How Would the U.S. Navy Replace the Aircraft Carrier?

Key Points and Summary – Anti-ship missiles and cheap drones have revived a once-unthinkable idea: stop building U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. -Citing Moskva’s loss,...

Brent M. EastwoodSeptember 11, 2025

The Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Philadelphia (SSN 690) arrives in Souda harbor for a routine port visit to Greece's largest island. Philadelphia is homported in Groton, CT and began a scheduled six-month deployment in June 2005. Commissioned June 25, 1977, USS PHILADELPHIA is the third LOS ANGELES-class attack submarine and the first ship in her class built by Electric Boat. U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley

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How a U.S. Navy Los Angeles-Class Attack Submarine ‘Sank’ a British Aircraft Carrier

The Day a U.S. Submarine ‘Sank’ a British Aircraft Carrier Key Points and Summary: In a 2013 joint naval exercise, the U.S. nuclear-powered attack...

Isaac SeitzSeptember 4, 2025

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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

China’s Navy Is On the Brink of Becoming a Real Aircraft Carrier ‘Powerhouse’

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

$13,000,000,000: USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier Is Worth Every Last Cent

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

China’s New Fujian Aircraft Carrier Looks Close to Fully Operational

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Forrestal-Class Aircraft Carriers Have a Message for the U.S. Navy

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The U.S. Military Has ‘Mini Aircraft Carriers’ with F-35s: Meet the America-Class Assault Ship

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RANKED: Meet the 5 Worst Aircraft Carriers in Naval History

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How Do You Replace the Aircraft Carrier?

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How Would the U.S. Navy Replace the Aircraft Carrier?

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How a U.S. Navy Los Angeles-Class Attack Submarine ‘Sank’ a British Aircraft Carrier

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