Tag: aircraft carrier
China ‘needs at least three aircraft carriers’: naval expert
China needs "at least three aircraft carriers" to protect its extensive coastline and its interests abroad, a senior Chinese naval expert said Wednesday. "Our country...
North Korea at UN warns U.S. aircraft carriers are fueling tensions
North Korea warned at the United Nations Monday, November 13, that the deployment of 3 US aircraft carriers in joint navy drills with South...
USS Abraham Lincoln Tests F-35C Lightning II at Sea
The Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) became one of the few ships in the fleet to trap and launch the F-35C...
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Underway for Sea Trials
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) got underway for sea trails, May 9, following a four-year refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) at...
US aircraft carrier starts drill with South Korean navy
The US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson on Saturday kicked off a joint drill with the South Korean navy, officials said, as tensions rose...
China launches first domestically built aircraft carrier
China has launched its first domestically designed and built aircraft carrier, state media said Wednesday, as the country seeks to transform its navy into...
US Warship In West Pacific For Navy Drills With Japan
The US supercarrier Carl Vinson will start joint exercises with Japan's navy on Sunday, Tokyo's defence ministry said, as the warship passes through the...
US tries to clear waters after North Korea ‘armada’ confusion
The Trump administration on Wednesday tried to clear the waters after it gave confusing messages concerning the whereabouts of a US supercarrier that...
Trump’s threatened ‘armada’ still far from North Korea: official
An aircraft carrier the US Navy said was steaming toward the Korean Peninsula amid rising tensions has not yet departed, a US defense official...
Future USS Gerald R. Ford Underway for Builder’s Sea Trials
The future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is underway for its first set of sea trials, known as Builder's Sea Trials (BST). Builder's...
