The backbone of a powerful navy is the almighty aircraft carrier. While battleships and destroyers might be armed with fancy cannons and missile launchers, aircraft carriers carry deadly fighter jets ...

America’s Essex-class aircraft carriers were the backbone of U.S. naval power in World War II’s Pacific War and stayed ...

China showed its newest aircraft carrier launching military aircraft with an electromagnetic catapult system. Among the aircraft launched was a new stealth fighter. It demonstrates China's ...

China’s newest aircraft carrier may only be able to conduct air operations at about 60% the rate of a 50-year-old US Navy carrier, two former US carrier officers say, a substantial combat limitation ...

Explains the role of aircraft carriers in the United States Navy, describes their construction, facilities, and operation, and traces their history. https://siris ...