The aircraft carrier is not disappearing, but its survival model is changing. For decades, the carrier strike group was ...

China's naval capabilities have been expanding in recent years, but its newest aircraft carrier lags behind U.S. counterparts in some important ways.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China has made major technological progress with its aircraft carriers. But compared to the US Navy, China lacks the decades of ...

What does a carrier look like when there is no deep bench behind it? That is the question wrapped up in Charles de Gaulle, the French Navy’s singular carrier and still the only nuclear-powered flattop ...

On September 10, China’s third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, departed from the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. On September 11, Japan’s Joint Staff Office reported that at around 1:00 p.m., the Japan ...

Chinese media reported that the number of fighter pilots recruited for the country's aircraft-carrier fleet hit a record high this year, as part of the East Asian power's rapid naval buildup. Newsweek ...

Aircraft carriers are the ultimate symbol of naval dominance, serving as floating airbases capable of projecting power all over the world Historically, carriers played an incredible role in World War ...

Although “aircraft carriers” come in many sizes and shapes, the largest and most advanced supercarriers all fit a pattern—carved out by the US Navy for others to emulate. Modern aircraft carriers are ...

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 ...

A key component of military operations since the Second World War, aircraft carriers remain an indispensable tool of warfare and diplomacy for the countries that have them. Aircraft carriers are not ...