The Defense Ministry of Taiwan reported on Wednesday that a Chinese naval fleet, led by aircraft carrier CNS Liaoning, passed ...
The Nimitz Class aircraft carrier continues to be the centerpiece of the forces necessary for operating forward. In times of crisis, the first question leaders ask in a crisis is: “Where are the ...
The USS United States (CVA-58) was an ambitious but ultimately unworkable plan for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ...
One of the greatest engineering feats in history, the modern U.S. nuclear carrier is a masterpiece of technology, and the flagship of the fleet. With RIMPAC, the world’s largest and most comprehensive ...
The Navy owes much of this to its impressive fleet of destroyers, submarines, and aircraft carriers. However as a standalone force, its air power is one of the strongest in the world as well.
Service: US Navy Propulsion: 2x Allison T56-A-425 turboprop engines Max Speed: 343 knots Range: 1,000 nm Crew: Four The C-2A Greyhound is the primary at-sea delivery aircraft for the US Navy to ...
The (CV/CVA-34), an Essex-class aircraft carrier with a distinguished service record in Korea and Vietnam, was intentionally sunk in 2006 to serve as an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico near ...
A Chinese aircraft carrier group sailed through the Taiwan Strait, travelling in a northerly direction after passing through ...
By the standards of modern aircraft carriers, the Kuznetsov was never superlative. First sailing in 1995, the Kuznetsov was out of date relative to American supercarriers the moment she was launched.
China has developed land-based anti-ship missiles to force carriers to operate so far from targets that manned aircraft might become less useful than unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs ...
The US ordered its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to remain in the Middle East and a second vessel is en route with Middle East tensions at a fever pitch following Iran’s attack on Israel ...