Aircraft carriers are the backbone of America's naval presence, yet one of its ships hasn't been in service since 2021. There's a good reason for that, though.
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The U.K. has launched its newest and largest aircraft carrier to date. Here's how big it is, how many people it holds and how it compares to others.
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The Midway-class aircraft carrier was instrumental in American naval operations around the world spanning from the end of WWII into the 1990s.
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The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier has made headlines for its planned retirement, but several other U.S. Navy ships are set to be decommissioned in 2026.
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With so many sailors in the United States Navy, is it possible for them to serve aboard the same ship their entire career? Here's what we know.
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The Essex-class aircraft carrier came about during World War II and was one of the first class of carriers to be outfitted with the angled flight deck.
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China’s new carriers can’t outmatch America’s — but they don’t need to. A hidden system on land gives it the upper hand in a potential clash at sea.
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America’s dominance beneath the waves grows as its newest nuclear submarine completed its initial sea trials and prepares for active deployment.
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The U.S. Navy regularly conducts training exercises to simulate and prepare for combat. In 2015, a tiny sub "sank" one of its aircraft carriers in a drill.
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The Aleksandr Shabalin is a Ropucha-class landing ship that entered service in 1985 and has served in the Soviet and Russian Navy ever since.
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Aside from the United States, France is the only other country to have a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. However, it only has one compared to America's 11.
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The USS Illinois was supposed to be the fifth of the U.S. Navy's WWII-era Iowa-class battleships, but it never joined its siblings at sea. Here's why.
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Trials of the USS Ted Stevens, conducted by Huntington Ingalls Industries, showed that the ship met all mechanical, electrical, and combat-system requirements.
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Nuclear-powered submarines use some of the most advanced military technology in the world. These are the ones that are a cut above all the rest.
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The United States Navy has a new destroyer with a high-tech missile detection system. Here's what it is, and how the system works.
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A quiet Swedish submarine embarrassed the U.S. Navy’s most formidable ship — and revealed why old-school diesel power still has a place in modern warfare.
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As part of an ongoing effort to increase its defense strategy, Japan will be adding American-designed missiles to its Destroyers. Here's what you need to know.
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A Navy wreck from World War I was officially discovered this year, despite technically being found before. Here's how modern teams located it.
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After World War II, the U.S. Navy was looking for ways to expand its capabilities at sea. The USS United States had potential but was ultimately cancelled.
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The Freedom-class LCS isn't a large warship like the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, designed to stay near the coast while on deployment.
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The second Ford-class aircraft carrier, the USS John F. Kennedy, experienced some delays in construction. However, it's now nearing completion.
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Spotting an aircraft carrier is easy thanks to its island superstructure, but why is it almost always on the right side? The answer lies in aviation physics.
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Most of the U.S. Navy's aircraft carriers are stationed in the United States, but the USS George Washington lives on the other side of the world.
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Every single United States aircraft carrier is powered by a nuclear reactor, but its ally across the pond opted for a different fuel source.
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United States military submarines are a crucial component to the country's nuclear triad, wielding the ability to launch nuclear ballistic missiles from sea.
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NATO fields several aircraft carriers, but how do Britain’s, France’s, and others truly measure up against America’s massive nuclear-powered fleet?
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Generally speaking, a submarine cannot typically outrun an enemy torpedo outright, but submarines do use speed in other ways to avoid fatal hits.
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