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The world’s most expensive warship came home Saturday. And as one retired U.S. Navy commanding officer told me yesterday: “No one knows when she...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
U.S. officials estimate China intends to operate nine aircraft carriers by 2035 — a tripling of its current three-ship fleet in just a decade....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
France has approved construction of the most ambitious warship in European history. Named France Libre after Charles de Gaulle’s wartime government-in-exile, the 78,000-ton nuclear-powered...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Soviet Ulyanovsk was to be an approximately 80,000-ton nuclear-powered supercarrier. The Soviet Ulyanovsk was planned to be powered by 4 KN-3 nuclear reactors....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China or Iran doesn’t need to sink U.S. Navy aircraft carriers to neutralize them — they just need to light them on fire. A...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
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...
Dollars and Sense
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 forthcoming USS Doris Miller (CVN-81), a Ford-class supercarrier, has been delayed by an additional 2 years. The new delivery date is February 2034,...
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...