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The Chinese Navy plans to build 6 new aircraft carriers by the 2030s. This will bring China’s total to 9 carriers by 2035. The...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The UK Royal Navy operates 2 Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. Both have been plagued by problems. HMS Prince of Wales has spent only 21.3%...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Soviet Union began construction on the Project 1143.7 Ulyanovsk in late 1988. The Ulyanovsk was designed to be a nuclear-powered supercarrier matching the...
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The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Launched in 1958, it served the U.S. Navy for 51 years. The Big...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The USS Gerald R. Ford has now spent more than 10 months deployed since leaving Naval Station Norfolk in June 2025, making it the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy has delayed delivery of the USS Doris Miller (CVN-81) aircraft carrier by 2 years. The fourth Ford-class carrier will now deliver...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China plans to build six more aircraft carriers over the next ten years to bring its operational fleet to nine, according to U.S. Defense...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
At 10:50 a.m. on July 29, 1967, a Zuni rocket misfired in its launcher aboard the USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin, igniting...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 2005, a Swedish Saab-built Gotland-class diesel-electric submarine slipped past an entire U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group during joint naval drills — undetected....