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Forget Aircraft Carriers: Diesel Submarines Are Becoming Silent and Stealth Powerhouse

Repeated naval war games have revealed an uncomfortable truth: quiet diesel-electric submarines can routinely “sink” ...
The Diplomat

China’s Fujian: A Milestone, Not the Endpoint, of Naval Modernization

Advanced EMALS technology and a next-generation air wing position Beijing for far-reaching maritime influence — but major operational challenges remain.
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Forget Aircraft Carriers: The Blue Ridge-Class Is 1 of the Navy’s Most Important Warships

USS Blue Ridge may be the U.S. Navy’s oldest operational warship, but it remains the brain of the Seventh Fleet in the ...
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Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers would give China's growing navy new reach, and researchers say it's working on the reactor to power one

China built a prototype nuclear reactor that could power a large warship, researchers say. Satellite images and Chinese documents point to work on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. A nuclear-powered ...
The National Interest

You Are Staring at the Best Navy Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier Ever

What You Need to Know: The USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is the tenth and final Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy, commissioned in January 2009. Named after the 41st U.S. President, a ...