Key Points and Summary – China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy is rapidly expanding into a true blue-water force built for power projection and deterrence,...
Key Points and Summary – The Ford-class aircraft carrier delivered real deck-cycle and electrical gains—but at the worst possible strategic moment. -As China and...
Key Points and Summary – The Constellation-class frigate, intended as a low-risk, FREMM-based escort to replace LCS gaps and relieve destroyers, is now 36...
Key Points and Summary – This piece argues that five U.S. Navy aircraft carrier classes are one evolving idea. -Essex delivered mass, repairability, and...
Key Points and Summary – USS Enterprise (CVN-80), the third Gerald R. Ford-class carrier, has slipped to a 2030 delivery after successive delays. -Causes...
Key Points and Summary – America’s 175 Fletcher-class destroyers, launched beginning in 1942, became WWII’s definitive U.S. workhorse and later fought in Korea and...
Key Points and Summary – Ford-class carriers replace Nimitz-class with major upgrades: twin A1B reactors delivering triple the electrical power; EMALS catapults and Advanced...