Japan is converting two naval vessels into aircraft carriers to bolster its defense posture in its southwestern islands.

Following the devastating U.S. losses at Pearl Harbor and the fall of Wake Island, Japan sought to eliminate American carrier ...

A rare four-carrier assembly involving the United States, Japan and the United Kingdom is currently underway in the northern Philippine Sea. The operation, designated Operation Highmast, combines ...

USS Theodore Roosevelt, flagship of Carrier Strike Group 9, is underway conducting exercises in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of ...

If disaster response is the Indonesian Navy’s true priority, expanding and modernizing its existing fleet would deliver far ...

Iowa-Class aircraft carriers were meant to be massive, mobile battle stations that could turn the tide of a war. Here's why ...

While the scope and technology of naval power have evolved immensely in the 80 years since World War II ended, the aircraft carrier continues to be one of the most powerful and important weapons on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Just a year ago, Russian state media were still reporting that ...

Dec. 27 (Asia Today) --China's push to become a major aircraft carrier power, which gained momentum after it commissioned its first carrier in 2012, could expand into a fleet of nine carriers by 2035, ...

The Pentagon has the [Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier]( ...

Although the US Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service, only around half are deployed at any given time—with the rest in port or undergoing maintenance. The United States Navy ...

The lead ship of the new Trump-class battleship is to cost as much as a Ford-class aircraft carrier, according to an analyst for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Due to the ...