In 1985, the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered USS Enterprise aircraft carrier hit Bishop Rock at Cortes Bank — an underwater seamount roughly 100 miles west...
France’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is steaming through the Red Sea right now, anchoring a French-led coalition trying to reopen the Strait...
The U.S. Navy might consider whether to build smaller “medium” aircraft carriers alongside its Nimitz and Ford-class supercarriers. The concept is called CVV. The...
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...