Debates over the “death” of the aircraft carrier ignore a basic reality: nothing else can do what a big-deck carrier does.

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China is churning out aircraft carriers at high speed, moving from Soviet-style ski-jump decks on Liaoning and Shandong to ...

For roughly 100 years, the aircraft carrier has sailed the open ocean. The ship began to take shape in the early 1900s, and the United States' first operational carrier, the USS Langley, launched in ...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lyle Goldstein is director of Asia Engagement at Defense Priorities. In late September, the Chinese navy made public the remarkable tests of its new Fujian aircraft carrier, sparking ...

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When nuclear energy is mentioned, most people think about nuclear power plants, but did you know that nuclear technology fuels some of the most advanced ships in the world? Nuclear energy plays a ...

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Seafaring ships are among the biggest moving objects ever made by man. The largest modern-day ships weigh several thousand tons, carry copious amounts of people (or cargo) depending on their use, and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the commissioning of its third aircraft carrier, China now boasts the second largest number of such ships in the world, though it still lags far behind the 11 operated by the ...

For better or worse, the United States Navy continues to regard expensive aircraft carriers as its primary power projection platform around the world. As these platforms become increasingly vulnerable ...

When aircraft are parked on the hangar deck inside the aircraft carrier, their wings are folded tightly, which reduces the aircraft’s footprint by as much as half. This is why modern fighters like the ...