It’s great to be a country with a fleet of aircraft carriers. The floating air bases can project power, enhance national unity, and augment military might worldwide, especially if they are ...

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 include harder-than-expected integration of ...

India could build its third nuclear powered aircraft carrier as part of a 15-year defence modernization plan announced today that also includes the use of Indian-made fighter jets by the navy for the ...

Through the construction of the Vikrant, India has already followed China’s lead in demonstrating to the world that it can build an indigenously designed carrier. There has been speculation for ...

British aircraft carriers are an awesome sight. The HMS Prince of Wales, the Royal Navy's flagship since late 2024, is one of the iconic Queen Elizabeth class of carriers. It has a 280-meter-long ...

The retirement of Spain’s Harrier jets without an alternative puts Madrid in an unusual situation: by the mid-2030s, it may have an aircraft carrier without any fixed-wing aircraft to operate. In ...

When most people think of aircraft carriers, they likely picture the United States Navy's sizeable fleet of 11 active nuclear carriers. The current model in production, the Gerald R. Ford-class, ...

China is advancing work on a new aircraft carrier, likely its first with nuclear propulsion, a new report by The War Zone analyzing recent imagery suggested. Nuclear propulsion lets a carrier stay at ...

Aircraft carriers are the largest and arguably most important military naval vessels in the world. Effectively a floating air base, aircraft carriers play an indispensable role in power projection and ...

China’s newest aircraft carrier may only be able to conduct air operations at about 60% the rate of a 50-year-old US Navy carrier, two former US carrier officers say, a substantial combat limitation ...

Turkey is building its first fully indigenous aircraft carrier, joining a small circle of NATO nations with such capability. It's a step defense analysts say could elevate Ankara toward the ranks of ...

In this April 2023 file photo, a J-15 carrier-based fighter aircraft takes off from the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong. Credit: Japanese Ministry of Defense China’s navy is expanding the range of ...