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Russia's Aircraft Carrier Woes: The Endless Disaster Saga of Admiral Kuznetsov
Russia's sole aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, continues to face a series of setbacks that keep it out of commission.
Enormous Navy fuel ship launched in San Diego at time of growing global tensions
The USNS Lucy Stone — which bears the name of an influential 18th-century women’s rights advocate — became the latest in a ...
The US Navy hasn’t got the ships and hasn’t got the men
To keep pace with an expanding Chinese fleet, the US Navy is still clinging to an ambitious – but so far unrealised – plan to ...
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Battlecarrier: If the Navy Magically Merged Aircraft Carriers and Battleships
After World War II, navies grappled with surplus battleship hulls and considered converting them into "battlecarriers"—hybrid ...
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U.S. Navy Iowa-Class Battleships Could Have Fired Nuclear Bomb Shells
By the end of World War II, advancements in military technology rendered traditional battleship guns less decisive. In ...