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 ...

Following the devastating U.S. losses at Pearl Harbor and the fall of Wake Island, Japan sought to eliminate American carrier ...

While the scope and technology of naval power have evolved immensely in the 80 years since World War II ended, the aircraft carrier continues to be one of the most powerful and important weapons on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Just a year ago, Russian state media were still reporting that ...

The world's first drone mothership, Jui Tian, took to the skies for its first-ever flight on December 11th, 2025, in the Pucheng region of Shaanxi province in China. The massive remotely piloted jet ...

Dec. 27 (Asia Today) --China's push to become a major aircraft carrier power, which gained momentum after it commissioned its first carrier in 2012, could expand into a fleet of nine carriers by 2035, ...

Although the US Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service, only around half are deployed at any given time—with the rest in port or undergoing maintenance. The United States Navy ...

Keeping an aircraft carrier running means feeding thousands of sailors without pause. Across the fleet, the United States Navy serves roughly 93,000 meals every day, all planned weeks in advance and ...

The lead ship of the new Trump-class battleship is to cost as much as a Ford-class aircraft carrier, according to an analyst for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Due to the ...

The Pentagon has the Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier in the Caribbean, which many viewed as a signal that the Trump administration was preparing for a major escalation in its military campaign ...

This Lego Icons Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is a superb set for adult fans of this memorable but sadly now-retired space vessel. It's a fun build, which can easily be shared, and once built it looks ...

Cmdr. Douglas Hagenbuch, left, commanding officer of Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN-21), and Japan’s Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi participate in a discussion during a ...