-The aircraft is too heavy, its airframe and landing gear are not built to withstand violent carrier operations, and it lacks essential features like a tailhook. -Furthermore, in a future high-tech ...

China built a prototype nuclear reactor that could power a large warship, researchers say. Satellite images and Chinese documents point to work on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. A nuclear-powered ...

Although “aircraft carriers” come in many sizes and shapes, the largest and most advanced supercarriers all fit a ...

The Chinese state media claimed that the country's first domestically built aircraft carrier is now capable of conducting "round-the-clock operations" in complex weather conditions. The report claimed ...

Liaoning and Shandong were pier-side at Sanya Naval Base on Hainan Island in the South China Sea. Both carriers arrived at the base after completing exercises in the region. A rare satellite image ...

China’s ongoing dual-carrier operation marks yet another indicator of its navy’s growing operational capability. Although such operations are comparatively routine for the American, British and French ...

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