China launches aircraft carriers faster as U.S. shipyard delays expose the growing race behind global naval power.

An aircraft carrier is an enormous and imposing vessel. They also represent gigantic investments in terms of not only money but in development time and other resources. The last thing a nation would ...

The United States has 11 nuclear-powered supercarriers in service, so why are fewer than half currently deployed?

Aircraft carriers have always been relatively large ships, but today's carriers are orders of magnitude more massive than the ones that helped the Allies win World War II. In fact, the USS Gerald R.

It appears likely that the Chinese carriers Fujian and Liaoning will conduct joint exercises in the weeks to come. Last week, the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN’s) newest and most advanced ...

It has become fashionable to argue that aircraft carriers are becoming obsolete. Critics question their value in an era of technological advancement, when new capabilities such as advanced autonomous ...