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Where are America’s aircraft carriers now?

Although the US Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service, only around half are deployed at any given ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Oct. 8, 2025, satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC, the Chinese aircraft carriers Shandong and Fujian are seen at the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China showed its newest aircraft carrier launching military aircraft with an electromagnetic catapult system. Among the aircraft ...
China has just flown a massive new drone “mothership” that looks like something lifted from concept art, yet it is very real and already in the air. The Jiu Tian platform, billed as a kind of flying ...
Carrier Fujian (018), CNS Hangzhou (136) and CNS Jinan (152). JMSDF photo This story was updated to include a statement from the People’s Liberation Army Navy. China’s newest aircraft carrier and the ...