Japan is significantly bolstering its naval power projection capabilities by converting its two Izumo-class helicopter ...

The Casablanca-class escort carriers were America’s secret weapon in WWII, a fleet of 50 “jeep carriers” mass-produced with ...

quote:1941 Japanese Fleet Sails for Pearl HarborOn this day, a Japanese fleet of six aircraft carriers, commanded by Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, left Hitokapu Bay under strict radio silence. The ...

In both cases, the Chinese jets came as close as 30 metres to the Japanese aircraft, raising alarm in Tokyo over what officials called increasingly provocative behaviour by Beijing.

Not all aircraft carriers launch planes the same way. Some use steam or electromagnetic catapults to "fling" aircraft into the air. Others use a ski jump: a simple upward-curved ramp that lets ...

The United States sent one of its aircraft carriers for a trilateral naval exercise this week with its allies, Japan and South Korea, staging a show of force in front of North Korea.

The U.S. Navy doesn’t need to abandon its carriers. It needs to use them differently—and it’s already moving in that direction. It’s a tidy narrative, but not a persuasive one. The basic ...

For one, if I am correct that aircraft carriers are a redundant technology in the face of new developments in missile technology, then this type of power projection may simply be a thing of the past.

Japan said Tuesday that two Chinese aircraft carriers had been seen operating in the Pacific Ocean for the first time as Beijing boosts its military capability in far-flung areas.

TOKYO — Japan this week confirmed that two Chinese aircraft carriers are operating together for the first time in the Pacific, fueling Tokyo’s concern about Beijing’s rapidly expanding ...

Mr. Nakatani told reporters on Monday that the Chinese aircraft carriers were spotted launching and retrieving jet fighters out in the Pacific to the east of the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, about ...