Tag: Aircraft Carrier

Bigger Is Better—The French Navy Plans A Huge New Aircraft Carrier

A Rafale lands on 'Charles de Gaulle.' French navy The French navy officially has begun the...

Under A New Fleet Plan, American Aircraft Carriers Could Become Rare Sights In Much Of The World

Seaman Matthew Gonzales stands watch as aft lookout aboard the 'Ticonderoga'-class guided-missile ... cruiser USS 'Antietam' after a...

China’s New Carrier Plane Is More Than A Hawkeye Clone

An Aircraft Carrier transforms a navy. It allows them to project its power thousands of miles from their own shores. So it is no...

China Strengthens Key Navy Base In South China Sea For Aircraft Carriers

New intelligence suggests that China will soon have its aircraft carriers permanently based in the South China Sea. The Chinese Navy, known as the...

Iran’s Self-Own: Time Is Running Out For Fake Aircraft Carrier Wreck

Since it sunk last week, the wreck of the Iranian military’s fake aircraft carrier has become another serious maritime accident waiting to happen. It...

Iran’s Giant Mock Aircraft Carrier Capsizes Returning To Port

Iranian replica of U.S. Nimitz-class carrier in the crosshairs as it is about to be struck by an ......

Chinese Navy’s Missing Aircraft Carrier Found In Shanghai

On June 15, I reported that the Chinese Navy’s new aircraft carrier, the Type-003, had disappeared from its purpose-built construction site in a Shanghai...

Britain Spent So Much On Two Giant Aircraft Carriers, It Can’t Afford Planes Or Escorts

Pilots, engineers and cyberspace and mission support staff from 617 Squadron embark on the carrier ... HMS 'Queen...

China’s New Aircraft Carrier Disappears

China is building a new large aircraft carrier, the Type-003 Class. The ship will be a closer equivalent of the U.S. Navy’s carriers than...

Turkey’s New Assault Carrier Will Transform Navy

This recent photo of TCG Anadolu shows the scaffolding typical of the fitting out process. Her ... radars...

The Realities of Tracking Aircraft Carriers With Civilian Satellites

This satellite image shows the 105,000-ton aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln at sea. Even ... low-resolution imagery can...

Satellites Track Chinese Aircraft Carrier In South China Sea

The vastness of the ocean is easily underestimated. Even a ship as large as an aircraft carrier is hard to find, it is the...

New Chinese Assault Carrier Catches Fire

Black smoke has been seen billowing from China’s first assault carrier in Shanghai. The new Type-075 carrier, which is similar to the U.S. Navy’s...

Launch Of China’s 2nd Assault Carrier Appears Imminent

Barely 6 months after the launch of China’s first amphibious assault carrier, there are signs that the second ship is about to hit the...

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