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Could a U.S. Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Tip Over In a Storm?

Key Points and Summary – While it’s a common question, it is extremely unlikely for a modern aircraft carrier to capsize in a storm....

Steve BalestrieriOctober 23, 2025

(Dec. 8, 2016) The guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) arrives at its new homeport in San Diego. Zumwalt, the Navy's most technologically advanced surface ship, will now begin installation of combat systems, testing and evaluation and operation integration with the fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Emiline L. M. Senn/Released)

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The U.S. Navy’s Greatest Weakness Won’t Be Easy to Fix

Key Points and Summary – U.S. Navy shipbuilding presents a complex picture of innovation mixed with setbacks. Programs like the Zumwalt-class destroyers pioneered stealth...

Kris OsbornOctober 23, 2025

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The New Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers Have a Warning for the U.S. Navy

Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy’s Ford-class supercarriers are plagued by significant problems that have caused major delays and cost overruns. -Two...

Isaac SeitzOctober 20, 2025

The world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) steams in the Adriatic Sea, June 23, 2023. Gerald R. Ford is the U.S. Navy's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, representing a generational leap in the U.S. Navy's capacity to project power on a global scale. The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied, and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins)

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The Navy’s New Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier Is Now Delayed 2 Years

Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy’s next Ford-class aircraft carrier, the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), is now facing a two-year...

Steve BalestrieriOctober 17, 2025

(Aug. 1, 2016) – The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) receives stores while conducting a vertical replenishment at sea, during Rim of the Pacific 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan J. Batchelder)

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Problem: U.S. Navy Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carriers Face 6 Year Long Refits

Key Points and Summary – The Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) is a massive, multi-year mid-life refit for U.S. nuclear aircraft carriers, designed to...

Kris OsbornOctober 13, 2025

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’s Big Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier Mistake Still Stings

Key Points and Summary – Aircraft carrier strike groups, featuring the Nimitz and Ford-class, face a world thick with anti-ship missiles, proliferating sensors, and...

Harry J. KazianisOctober 10, 2025

The U.S. Navy Gerald R. Ford–class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 4 June 2020, marking the first time a Gerald R. Ford–class and a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier operated together underway.

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12 Years? Why It Takes So Long to Build and Deploy A New U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier

Key Points and Summary – Aircraft carrier USS Ford proved first-in-class is hard: novel tech and evolving designs drove delays and costs. -CVN-79 USS...

Kris OsbornOctober 8, 2025

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully completes the third and final scheduled explosive event of Full Ship Shock Trials while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 8, 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 Novalee Manzella)

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The U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Nightmares are Just Beginning

Key Points and Summary – Aircraft carriers face real peril from anti-ship ballistic missiles, hypersonics, quiet submarines, and massed drones—threats that could sideline traditional,...

Jack BuckbyOctober 7, 2025

(April 8, 2017) The future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) underway on its own power for the first time. The first-of-class ship -- the first new U.S. aircraft carrier design in 40 years -- will spend several days conducting builder's sea trials, a comprehensive test of many of the ship's key systems and technologies. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ridge Leoni/Released)

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The Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier: The U.S. Navy’s Problem Child

Key Points and Summary – The Ford-class aimed to transform carrier aviation with EMALS, AAG, automated elevators, and a powerful electrical architecture to boost...

Jack BuckbyOctober 6, 2025

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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Could a U.S. Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Tip Over In a Storm?

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The U.S. Navy’s Greatest Weakness Won’t Be Easy to Fix

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The New Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers Have a Warning for the U.S. Navy

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Navy’s New Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier Is Now Delayed 2 Years

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Problem: U.S. Navy Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carriers Face 6 Year Long Refits

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The U.S. Navy’s Big Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier Mistake Still Stings

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

12 Years? Why It Takes So Long to Build and Deploy A New U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Nightmares are Just Beginning

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The Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier: The U.S. Navy’s Problem Child

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