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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 hours 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 Johnson23 hours ago

USS Enterprise. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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Star Trek’s George Takei Watched Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise Run Aground — and Called It ‘Enterprise on the Rocks’

Summary and Key Points: In 1983, the USS Enterprise — the world’s first nuclear-powered carrier — was returning from a Pacific deployment when it...

Isaac Seitz2 days ago

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This U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Survived Weeks of Bombs, Missiles, and Torpedoes

Summary and Key Points: The USS America (CV-66), a Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, served the Navy for 30 years — through Vietnam, the 1986...

Steve Balestrieri2 days ago

Libre Aircraft Carrier Naval Group Image

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France’s 80,000-Ton Nuclear Libre Aircraft Carrier Has a Message for the U.S. Navy

France is building an 80,000-ton nuclear supercarrier, the FS France Libre — twice the displacement of the Charles de Gaulle and the largest warship...

Steve Balestrieri3 days ago

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The F-14 Tomcat Fighter Became a Legend — but It Nearly Died From Inflation and Engine Cracks First

Summary and Key Points: The F-14 Tomcat became one of the most successful fighters in U.S. Navy history — a Mach 2.3 jet that...

Harry J. Kazianis3 days ago

151111-N-KM939-021 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 11, 2015) - USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) travels behind the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) during a Missile Exercise (MSLEX). Sailors from the John C. Stennis Strike Group are participating in a sustainment training exercise (SUSTEX) to prepare for future deployments. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class David A. Cox/Released)

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China’s Carefully Crafted Plan to Sink U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers in a War Comes Down to 1 Word

Sometimes, when I am lucky enough to give a lecture or speak to a group of folks interested in national security, I get the...

Harry J. Kazianis4 days ago

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) completes the first scheduled explosive event of Full Ship Shock Trials while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, June 18, 2021. The U.S. Navy conducts shock trials of new ship designs using live explosives to confirm that our warships can continue to meet demanding mission requirements under harsh conditions they might encounter in battle. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Riley B. McDowell)

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The U.S. Navy Cannot Replace The Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier — Even If It Wanted To

Summary and Key Points: Congress and the Pentagon are reviewing the Ford-class aircraft carrier program — including whether the CVN-80 and CVN-81 block buy...

Harrison Kass5 days ago

U.S. Navy Lt. Miguel Smith launches an F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the "Pukin Dogs" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143, from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) May 7, 2026. Eisenhower is underway conducting flight deck certification in the Atlantic Ocean in preparation for future operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jamison Sutton)

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U.S. Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz Is Flexing Near Cuba

The Justice Department charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro and other Cuban officials with murder for their roles in the February 24, 1996, shoot-down...

Steve Balestrieri6 days ago

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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

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

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

Dollars and Sense

Star Trek’s George Takei Watched Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise Run Aground — and Called It ‘Enterprise on the Rocks’

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

This U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Survived Weeks of Bombs, Missiles, and Torpedoes

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

France’s 80,000-Ton Nuclear Libre Aircraft Carrier Has a Message for the U.S. Navy

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The F-14 Tomcat Fighter Became a Legend — but It Nearly Died From Inflation and Engine Cracks First

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

China’s Carefully Crafted Plan to Sink U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers in a War Comes Down to 1 Word

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The U.S. Navy Cannot Replace The Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier — Even If It Wanted To

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U.S. Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz Is Flexing Near Cuba

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