Key Points - The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers served as the cornerstone of US naval power projection for four decades, representing a "quantum leap" in carrier technology when introduced.

You can get in touch with Ryan by emailing [email protected]. Satellite imagery captured the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales passing through Egypt's Suez Canal as it led a naval ...

Satellite imagery appears to have captured a Chinese aircraft carrier transiting waters near the Philippines and Taiwan—both allies and partners of the United States—in the Pacific.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan this week confirmed that two Chinese aircraft carriers have operated together for the first time in the Pacific, fueling Tokyo’s concern about Beijing’s rapidly expanding ...

PLAN Aircraft carrier CNS Liaoning (16) and CNS Anyang (599) on May 25, 2025. JSDF Photos Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer JS Takanami (DD-110) and a JMSDF P-3C Orion Maritime ...

Even if Russia were a direct threat to French national security, what good would an aircraft carrier do? French President Emmanuel Macron has grand dreams—delusions of grandeur, one might even ...

A small boat passes in front of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise as it is anchored of the coast of Faliro, near Athens, Greece, on March 29, 2012. File photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP A Vernon ...

The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is finally headed home from an eventful deployment. A defense official said the ship was in the Mediterranean after recently leaving the Red Sea.

Navy planes recently carried out history's "largest airstrike" from an aircraft carrier, an admiral said. The bombardment targeted terrorist groups in Somalia, the acting chief of naval operations ...

Today, the PLAN has two operational flattops, with a third completing its sea trials and a fourth carrier in the planning stages. In addition, Beijing has begun to build the first drone aircraft ...

Newer cores in aircraft carriers are designed to last up to 50 years. The U.S. Navy includes 11 active nuclear-powered carriers. The vessel type is particularly well-suited for nuclear power ...