With the US Navy’s biggest power projectors, aircraft carriers, kept away, China’s carriers will have free reign to operate and intimidate. This, of course, is the purpose behind China’s ...

China's Aircraft Carriers Have 1 Massive Advantage over the Navy China's People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has been developing a powerful fleet of aircraft carriers, expanding to potentially ...

A United States nuclear-powered aircraft carrier returned to its home port in Japan this week, ending the American "carrier gap" in the Western Pacific Ocean since the summer. In waters off the U ...

General Atomics Modern carrier aircraft are optimized for high-intensity, high-tech combat. STOL drones scale to lower-intensity ... prop-driven MQ-1 Predator drone of the 2000s led to today ...

WASHINGTON -- Three U.S. aircraft carriers will be in Asia by next week after months of absence amid concerns of Chinese activity in the lead up to the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

China has conducted its first military drills with its two operational aircraft ... a third carrier, the Fujian, is undergoing sea trials. The Liaoning this month took part in large-scale military ...

A United States satellite on Wednesday captured a Chinese aircraft carrier underway at sea, while Beijing's navy also sent its newest "flattop" for another round of sea trials. The satellite ...

China appears to have built a new and unusual aircraft carrier, intriguing experts with ... China launched large-scale military drills around Taiwan earlier in October, flying a record number ...

China's People's Liberation Army Navy conducted its first-ever dual carrier operation this month, flexing new muscles as it builds a fleet of aircraft carriers and an ever-larger naval force.

17-18. The vessel, from Sep. 27 to Oct. 1, clocked approximately 130 take-offs and landings by carrier-based aircraft and around 90 helicopter operations. This totalled 220 take-offs and landings ...