Sep 24 2019
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Japan, which at the start of World War II was the proprietor of the world’s mightiest aircraft carrier fleet, is…
Mar 14 2019
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Last week, the Pentagon was abuzz with the news that the U.S. Navy had offered up a sacred cow: the early retirement…
Oct 26 2018
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A Chinese company has tested a supersonic anti-ship missile dubbed an “aircraft carrier killer.” The HD-1…
Sep 11 2018
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The United Kingdom’s first new aircraft carrier in decades, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has crossed the pond. The mammoth…
Oct 27 2017
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Maybe the F-35 program is just not supposed to work out. Despite a week where the system appeared to display a…
Jul 22 2017
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Three years late and costing $12.9 billion, the USS Gerald R. Ford finally gets commissioned today at Norfolk Naval…
Jul 19 2017
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Everything about the aircraft carrier is analyzed these days. How vulnerable they are. How vulnerable they aren’t.…
Jun 26 2017
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After years of delays and cost overruns, the British Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth is set to begin a series of…
Jun 23 2017
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Jun 2 2017
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When you want to send an international message that can’t be missed, you send an aircraft carrier. When you want to…
May 16 2017
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Aircraft carriers are massive floating cities, housing over 5,000 people. They have their own nuclear power plants,…
May 11 2017
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It looks like after almost a decade of development, the ultra-advanced Gerald R. Ford supercarrier will be…
Apr 20 2017
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Robert Farley
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The modern aircraft carrier is a global symbol of American dominance, hegemony, peace, even empire. But at over…
Mar 24 2017
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Landing an aircraft on a moving vessel requires a particular kind of precision and know-how that very few human…
Mar 22 2017
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The troubles of Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, are well-documented. The ship is a relic of…
Mar 14 2017
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Terrell Jermaine Starr and Michael Ballaban
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President Donald Trump stood aboard the $13 billion USS Gerald R. Ford on March 2 to boast about his plans to…
Oct 13 2016
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The Nimitz, deployed in 1975, is the oldest U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in service today. Just keeping a small boat…
Aug 23 2015
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The old days of majestic wooden or brass wheels that control the rudder movements of grand ships are long gone. Case…
Jun 19 2015
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The United States Navy’s been having a lot of problems getting its electromagnetic catapult system, known as EMALS,…
Jun 2 2015
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Most people have seen videos of carrier flight deck operations before, but usually they’re overlaid with sounds of…