Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin extended the tour of the aircraft carrier strike group now operating near Israel, the Pentagon said Tuesday. The aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, and its ...

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The modern aircraft carrier is a vessel unlike anything that's ever sailed the seas. From their advanced nuclear power plants to their massive crews and wide-ranging combat capabilities, there are a ...

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“Ski-jump” carriers are smaller and weaker than catapult-equipped ones—but as recent events involving the president show, catapults are far from a silver bullet for effective carrier operations.