Beijing’s A2/AD playbook centers on DF-21D, DF-26B, and DF-17 missiles designed to hold U.S. carriers and bases at risk from the First to Second Island Chains. -The real edge is a maturing kill chain—satellites,

China reached a milestone when its newest aircraft carrier successfully launched and recovered fifth-generation fighter jets with an electromagnetic catapult, possibly a global first, two defense experts say. The 3-year-old Fujian, China’s third carrier ...

Even the most landlocked layman knows an aircraft carrier when they see one. Their long, flat flight deck allows them to carry, launch, and land aircraft, and they are immediately recognizable from any other ship in the Navy. What an enthusiast might not ...

The Beginning of a Giant Every aircraft carrier begins the same way with a single cut of steel. That moment, called the

The sight of President Donald Trump on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush was a great reminder that no one fears U.S. aircraft carriers more than China. Trump flew onto the carrier, underway in the Atlantic, as part of the Navy ...

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Xinhua News Agency reports that the Chinese navy has had take off arrested landing tests of the J-15T, J-35 fighter jets and the KJ-600 early warning and command aircraft with a electromagnetic catapult on the new Fujian aircraft carrier. The CNS Fujian is ...

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The Indonesian Navy is now getting closer to acquiring its first aircraft carrier with the purchase of the aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi, which was decommissioned by Italy in 2024. While there has been no official confirmation regarding the timing or ...

Depending on how you classify aircraft carriers, there are five NATO countries with aircraft carriers in their navies. The U.S. has by far the most aircraft carriers, with a current fleet of 11 "true" aircraft carriers. Next on the list is the U.K., which ...

The Chinese navy, which operates the world's largest fleet of warships by hull count, claimed a breakthrough on Monday as its newest combat jets completed their first flight operations aboard the country's most advanced aircraft carrier, CNS Fujian.