Aircraft Carriers

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You'll Never Guess Who's Building an Aircraft Carrier Now (Seriously... Try)






By Rich Smith
May 31, 2015


CHINA'S FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER, THE LIAONING (PLAN CV-16). SOURCE: GOOGLE EARTH.


All of a sudden, aircraft carriers are back in fashion.

Over in Russia, they're drawing up plans to build the world's biggest aircraft carrier, a 100,000-ton beast that can carry 100 combat aircraft. China's building one, two, or maybe even four aircraft carriers. And here in the United States, we're busy building our second ­Ford-class supercarrier.

Around the world and across the seas, aircraft carriers are popping up in the unlikeliest of places -- in Korea, in Thailand, in India, Japan, and maybe soon in Singapore, as well. But you'll never guess the latest country to announce plans to acquire one.


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This is America's new $13 billion warship






By Jeremy Bender
November 25, 2015



The US Navy is just months away from adding the most expensive warship in history to its fleet, the $13 billion USS Gerald Ford.

The USS Ford, the lead ship of the new Ford-class aircraft-carrier series, is expected to join the US Navy in early 2016, according to CNN.
Once deployed, the ship will be among the largest carriers ever to ply the seas and will feature a number of changes and advancements
over the US' current Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.

Here's a look at this multibillion-dollar beast:


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These graphics show the crucial differences between the world's 3 types of aircraft carrier






By Jeremy Bender
December 1, 2015


(REUTERS/Adnan Abidi )

Aircraft carriers are the ultimate symbol of a country’s military power and prestige. These floating
islands of military power take years to build, and they do not come cheap. The first of the US’s new
Ford-class of super carrier has a $13 billion price tag.

Still, despite the cost, a number of countries have succeeded in building or acquiring a carrier. Although
the US has the largest number of carriers with the most advanced technology and the largest flight decks,
a variety of carriers of various sizes and sophistication are in use around the world.

The following graphics, created by US Naval Institute member Jeff Head at World-Wide Aircraft Carriers,
breaks down the various carrier classes in use around the world today. The first class, Catapult Assisted
Take-Off, Barrier Assisted Recovery (CATOBAR), are the largest and most complex carriers in use today.


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Thailand has an aircraft carrier without any aircraft






By Jeremy Bender
December 12, 2015


(US Navy/PH3 Alex C. Witte)

For a brief period in the late 1990s, Thailand was the only country in southeast Asia that possessed one of the world's ultimate symbols of
military strength: an aircraft carrier.
Its carrier, the HTMS Chakri Naruebet, was meant to be a source of pride for Thailand and symbolize the developing country's power.

But that was before the late 1990s Asian financial crisis. Bangkok's grand plans for its carrier were significantly hobbled as a result of the
region's economic downturn. Commissioned in 1997, the same year the financial crisis struck the country, the Chakri Naruebet — which
means "Sovereign of the Chakri dynasty," the Thai monarchy's ruling family — was mostly consigned to sitting in port due to funding shortfalls.


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China's Lone Aircraft Carrier Struts Its Stuff






By Kyle Mizokami
December 26, 2015



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High-definition video has emerged of China's lone aircraft carrier, CV-16 Liaoning practicing aircraft
takeoffs and landings. The video was apparently shot during a visit to the carrier by the head of China's
Navy during drills in the Bohai Sea.

Named after the province in which it was built, the Liaoning is China's first and only aircraft carrier.
Built during the 1980s for the Soviet Navy, after the end of the Cold War it was sold as scrap to a Chinese
businessman, who claimed to want to convert it to a casino. Somehow, Liaoning passed into the hands of
the Chinese military, which rebuilt the ship from the ground up into a modern aircraft carrier.


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Here Is Every Aircraft Carrier in the World






From Brazil to the U.S.A., a guide to air power at sea.


By Kyle Mizokami
January 25, 2016



Only a handful of countries have aircraft carriers in their arsenals. They form an exclusive club, one whose members who have decided their
interests stretch so far from their own waters they need to put air power at sea.

Broadly speaking, there are three kinds of aircraft carrier today: larger aircraft carriers that carry both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters,
smaller carriers that operate helicopters, and amphibious ships that have full-length flight decks, hangars, and carry helicopters. Some of
the world's carriers are new, bristling with planes and capable of circumnavigating the globe without refueling. Others are a half-century
old or older, carry just a handful of obsolete planes, and rarely leave base.

Here's a look at the world's fleet. Not surprisingly, it's dominated by the U.S. Navy, which boasts 19 of the 36 such ships currently plying
the world's waters.


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Opinion: The U.S. Navy’s new $13 billion aircraft carrier will dominate the seas







It’s scheduled to be launched this month, and can support laser guns and dynamic armor


By Jurica Dujmovic
March 10, 2016


This carrier may look familiar, but it has many new high-tech features.


(Updates story to say the ship will be commissioned in summer.)

A $13 billion U.S. aircraft carrier is about to hit the open seas.

It’s the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the most expensive and most advanced warship ever built. The ship was christened in November 2013
and is scheduled to be commissioned this summer, said Lieutenant Jesus Uranga of the Navy Office of Information. It had been slated to be
commissioned this month.

The Naval behemoth can house more than 4,500 people and weighs 90,000 tons. The CVN-78 is the lead ship in the Ford class of aircraft carriers,
replacing some of the U.S. Navy’s existing Nimitz-class carriers. At first glance, both classes have a similar-looking hull, but the Ford class
introduces a series of technical innovations designed to improve carrier’s operating efficiency, and reduce operating costs and crew requirements.


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Why Complaints Over Cost Of New Class Of U.S. Aircraft Carriers Are Off The Mark






USS Barack Obama: Building a Future Aircraft Carrier

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September Delivery Projected for Aircraft Carrier Ford







Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)
by Hugh Lessig
April 07, 2016


The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78),
was christened during a ceremony Nov. 9 in Newport News, Va.


The next-generation aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford is scheduled to begin sea trials this summer and should
be delivered to the Navy by September, Navy leaders said Tuesday.

The first-in-class ship, weighing in at $12.8 billion and crammed with new technology, should deploy for the
first time in 2021 after undergoing further tests.

Written testimony submitted Wednesday for a Senate hearing on Navy shipbuilding programs contained a full
schedule for the Ford, which is nearing the end of construction at Newport News Shipbuilding. The 28-page
document was jointly signed by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Sean Stackley, Navy Vice Adm. Joseph P. Mulloy
and Marine Lt. Gen. Robert S. Walsh.


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First Ford Super aircraft carrier on track for September delivery and second for 2022






By Brian Wang
June 7, 2016



CVN-78 was procured in FY2008. The Navy’s proposed FY2017 budget estimates the ship’s procurement cost at $12,887.0 million (i.e.,
about $12.9 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in late August or early September 2016.

CVN-79 was procured in FY2013. The Navy’s proposed FY2017 budget estimates the ship’s procurement cost at $11,398.0 million (i.e.,
about $11.4 billion) in then-year dollars. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in June 2022.

CVN-80 is scheduled to be procured in FY2018. The Navy’s proposed FY2017 budget estimates the ship’s procurement cost at
$12,900.0 million (i.e., $12.9 billion) in then-year dollars.


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America's most expensive warship ever built will undoubtedly change naval warfare






By Alex Lockie
June 9, 2016


An artist's rendering of a Ford class aircraft carrier.


The US Navy's 10 Nimitz-class flat-top aircraft carriers are the envy of the world, and yet the Navy has a newer, more powerful, and more
advanced carrier in the works: the Ford-class.

Named after US President Gerald Ford, the Navy plans to procure four of these titans of the sea. In the slides below, see how the Fords
improve on America's already imposing fleet of aircraft carriers.


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Can Drone Swarms Save America's Aircraft Carriers?






By Robert Allison
June 28, 2016



Since the time of American hegemony, aircraft carriers and their air wings have been used effectively to control the surface of the oceans
and conduct strike operations. That time is over.

Today, U.S. Navy carriers’ capability to conduct the strike mission is still excellent. They have been invaluable in supporting the projection
of power ashore in limited conventional and unconventional campaigns. But why do American citizens hand over their hard-earned money
to buy carriers? Not to drop bombs on insurgents, but to violently wrest control of the sea from any state that decides to tilt with our navy.


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Russia sends its only aircraft carrier to Syria in response to US







news.com.au
July 07, 2016


FILE: The Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, seen here in the Barents Sea, is Moscow’s largest and is being sent to the Mediterranean after military
buildup by the US. (Reuters)

Russia’s accident-prone aircraft carrier is set to be put to the test — if it gets there. Its history of embarrassing breakdowns may see an
anticipated mission to Syria backfire.

The aircraft carrier is the largest leftover of the Soviet era’s Cold War still active in the Russian navy. Now Russian government news agency
Tass has declared the warship will be sent into the Mediterranean to conduct air strikes against insurgents and Islamic State in Syria between
October and January.

It would be the first time a Russian aircraft carrier has ever engaged in combat.


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America's Most Advanced Aircraft Carrier Ever Could Set Sail for Asia or Middle East







By Kris Osborn
July 07, 2016




The Navy's new next-generation aircraft carrier will likely deploy to the Middle East or Pacific theater, bringing a new generation of
carrier technologies to strategically vital hotspots around the world, service officials told Scout Warrior.

"If you look at where the priorities and activities are now - that is where it will likely go," a Navy official told Scout Warrior.


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Delivery of New Carrier Ford to Navy Delayed Yet Again






by Richard Sisk
July 13, 2016


Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier


The Navy said Tuesday that more "first of class" problems have been found in the new Gerald R. Ford
aircraft carrier that will delay delivery at least another two months.

The Navy did not specify what the new problems were with the Ford, which has already been the topic
of numerous congressional hearings on cost overruns and troubles with arresting gear on the flight deck.


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