The Chinese navy, which operates the world's largest fleet of warships by hull count, claimed a breakthrough on Monday as its newest combat jets completed their first flight operations aboard the ...

Turkey is building its first fully indigenous aircraft carrier, joining a small circle of NATO nations with such capability. It's a step defense analysts say could elevate Ankara toward the ranks of ...

On September 10, China’s third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, departed from the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. On September 11, Japan’s Joint Staff Office reported that at around 1:00 p.m., the Japan ...

Chinese J-35 naval fighter launches from aircraft carrier Fujian (18). PLAN photo The People’s Liberation Army Navy’s newest and most capable aircraft carrier launched and recovered the ...

An earlier video is shown below of J-15 activity aboard Fujian, but without presenting any carrier takeoffs or recoveries: First-ever official footage of flight operations aboard China's newest, ...

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China’s latest and most capable aircraft carrier has used its new electromagnetic catapult to successfully launch three types of aircraft, according to Chinese state media, which released footage of ...

China’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier passed through the Taiwan Strait on its way to conduct “scientific research tests and training missions in the South China Sea,” China’s Ministry of ...

Aircraft carriers are formidable vessels in terms of raw size, defense, and entourage. American aircraft carriers are notoriously hard to sink, but on some occasions, the militaries of the world ...

FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, China's third conventionally powered aircraft carrier, the Fujian, conducts a maiden sea trial on May 7, 2024. (Ding Ziyu/Xinhua via AP, File) ...