Modern missiles and drones are testing the aircraft carrier’s dominance, but its layered defenses and evolving role tell a different story.
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Where are America’s aircraft carriers now?

Although the US Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service, only around half are deployed at any given ...
Of course, unlike the Moskva, an American aircraft carrier does not operate independently. It’s supported by a carrier strike ...
The USS Abraham Lincoln would be the first aircraft carrier to be deployed to the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran.
The US Defence Headquarters, The Pentagon has stated that it is redeploying a US carrier strike group from the South China ...
Aircraft carriers have always been relatively large ships, but today's carriers are orders of magnitude more massive than the ones that helped the Allies win World War II. In fact, the USS Gerald R.