Two new aircraft carriers are being named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming ...

U.S. carriers were in Thailand, Japan and the Eastern Pacific this week, while a carrier from France is set to visit the ...

Summary and Key Points: The debate over the relevance of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers in modern warfare has persisted ... of ...

While modern threats challenge their effectiveness, the Navy's ability to project ... Some analysts have argued that modern-day threats could more easily target carriers. For instance, the ...

the carriers’ viability. For $3 billion the Navy could have ten more nimble littoral combat ships providing increased day-to-day presence. Furthermore, of the 14 Ohio-class ballistic missile ...

In adopting Miller’s name for its next carrier, the Navy is breaking from the modern tradition of naming aircraft carriers after commanders-in-chief; as Military.com points out, the christening ...

following a five-day visit to Malaysia, while a Chinese "flattop" conducted a new round of sea trials. USS Carl Vinson: South China Sea The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson ...