By Steven Wills, Defense Opinion Writer. Whenever Department of Defense funds are in short supply, U.S. Army officers want to target the aircraft carrier force for cutbacks. This is not […]

Beijing’s A2/AD playbook centers on DF-21D, DF-26B, and DF-17 missiles designed to hold U.S. carriers and bases at risk from the First to Second Island Chains. -The real edge is a maturing kill chain—satellites,

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, billed by the US Navy as “the most capable, adaptable, and lethal combat platform in the world,” is being sent to the Caribbean as the Trump administration ramps up military pressure on Venezuela over alleged ...

USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group arrives in Southern Command area of operations near Venezuela as part of the Trump administration’s campaign against drug cartels.

China and other rivals have spent two decades building the perfect trap for big ships: dense salvos of ballistic, cruise, and hypersonic missiles launched from land, sea, air, and drones. -That threat pushes U.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet said. The three crew members of the MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter ...

The Navy's Pacific Fleet says a fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other WASHINGTON (AP) — A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier ...