The construction of various major Navy vessels, including two new aircraft carriers, has incurred delays of up to three years, largely due to supply chain issues and difficulties in finding skilled workers, according to an internal Navy review. The review, ordered by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro earlier this year after concerns about […]
Ten days ahead of Taiwan’s presidential election, China released new images of its latest aircraft carrier. Called Fujian, it’s China’s first home-grown aircraft carrier. Fujian is equipped with more advanced tracks for launching aircraft. It allows the carrier to launch fighter jets with more fuel and weapons. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has ordered the military […]
New York politicians were on the guest list of a New Year’s celebration put on by the New York Chinese Consulate. We take a closer look at who got the invite. China is releasing new images of its homemade aircraft carrier, ten days before Taiwanese voters will choose their new president. How does it compare […]
NEW DELHI—India commissioned its first home-built aircraft carrier Friday as it seeks to counter regional rival China’s much larger and growing fleet, and expand its own indigenous shipbuilding capabilities. The INS Vikrant, whose name is a Sanskrit word for “powerful” or “courageous,” is India’s second operational aircraft carrier, joining the Soviet-era INS Vikramaditya that it […]
China is delaying the launch of its type three aircraft carrier, the long-awaited next-generation warship designed to compete with the United States. So why the delay? We hear from China Insider David Zhang, who spoke to former naval officer Michael Cisek.
China delays the launch of its Type 003 carrier—the long-awaited next-generation warship to compete with the United States. Is the reason technical, political, or something else? We have Michael Cisek to break down the details. Plus, a Chinese company is trying to match Starlink, the internet satellite system by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. What is that […]
China, Japan, and the U.S. all have aircraft carrier groups stationed in the western pacific right now. That’s as tensions keep rising over the Taiwan Strait. The Chinese aircraft carrier the Liaoning set sail on what was called a “routine mission” last week.
U.S. navy ships are gathering en masse in the Indo-Pacific region. According to a strategic study unit out of China’s Peking University—satellites have captured the “Carl Vinson” aircraft carrier strike group sailing into waters north of the disputed Spratly Islands. Both China and the Philippines claim the islands as their own.
New satellite images show that China’s third aircraft carrier—which is under construction—could be launching in just three to six months, according to an analysis by American think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies.
A U.S. aircraft carrier group led by the USS Ronald Reagan has entered the South China Sea as part of a routine mission, the U.S. Navy said on Tuesday, at a time of rising tensions between Washington and Beijing, which claims most of the disputed waterway.
TAIPEI—A U.S. aircraft carrier group led by the USS Ronald Reagan has entered the South China Sea as part of a routine mission, the U.S. Navy said on Tuesday, at a time of rising tensions between Washington and Beijing, which claims most the disputed waterway. China frequently objects to U.S. military missions in the South […]
The U.S. Navy will be naming a future Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier after an African American hero during the second world war, according to a news release issued on the morning of Sunday, Jan. 19, by the U.S. Navy. As indicated by the news release, the announcement will be made by Thomas B. Modly, […]
MOSCOW—Russia’s only aircraft carrier suffered a massive fire Thursday that killed one crew member, injured another 11 people and significantly damaged the ill-fated ship that has been haunted by incidents throughout its service. The fire on the Admiral Kuznetsov broke out during welding work at a shipyard in the Arctic port of Murmansk and spread […]
The USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier can be a stressful place to work. The ship hosts F-18 fighter jets that launch daily air strikes against ISIS positions in Iraq and Syria from its location in the Mediterranean Sea. Then there is the challenge of being stuck on a ship with 5,000 other people and […]
U.S. warships participated in training exercises with Japanese ships in the Sea of Japan on June 1. The U.S. carriers were the USS Carl Vinson and the USS Ronald Reagan. Japan’s Maritime Self Defense Force sent two ships, including one of its four helicopter carriers, the Hyuga, to join the U.S. carriers and their eight […]
China launched its first domestically made aircraft carrier on April 26 in the northeastern port of Dalian. The carrier will not be in active service until 2020. This is China’s second aircraft carrier, the first is a refurbished Soviet Union one from over 25 years ago. Footage from China’s state media CCTV shows the launching […]
President Donald Trump had phone calls with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on April 23 about the situation with North Korea. Following the calls, Abe expressed his support for Trump’s strong approach to the issues, whereas Xi called for all sides to show restraint. A U.S. carrier strike group is […]
