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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 ...

U.S. Navy Supercarrier Is Now Operating In Waters Claimed By China

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), the fifth Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier, conducted live fire exercises last week in ...
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Three U.S. Aircraft Carriers Headed For The Middle East And Europe

The U.S. Navy continues to build up its presence in Europe and the Middle East amid escalating relations with Iran. Two Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are now on the way, and another ...
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Can Russia Sink a U.S. Carrier? Subs Pose Real Risk, Layers of Defense Make It Hard

Russia's ability to sink a U.S. aircraft carrier is a technically challenging and strategically significant issue. Aircraft carriers, which carry air wings that project force globally, are a symbol of ...
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US Navy’s ‘most lethal combat platform,’ the carrier USS Gerald R Ford, is being sent to the Caribbean

(CNN) — The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, billed by the US Navy as “the most capable, adaptable, and lethal combat platform in the world,” is being sent to the Caribbean as the Trump ...
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Stress of Houthi combat was a key factor in series of costly Navy mishaps, investigations show

WASHINGTON (AP) — New investigative reports into a series of high-profile and costly Navy mishaps during a U.S.-led campaign against Yemen’s Houthi rebels reveal that the most intense running sea ...
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General Atomics will compete for US Navy’s carrier-based uncrewed fighter programme using Gambit variant

Uncrewed aircraft manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) is revealing new details about its participation in a US Navy (USN) uncrewed fighter programme. The San Diego company ...