Russia’s new combat icebreaker, Ivan Papanin, begins trials to bolster Arctic presence. Armed and ice-capable, it signals a ...

India ranks fourth in the Global Firepower Index 2025 with 1.46 million active troops and an $81 billion defence budget, ...

The jets made by French aerospace company Dassault Aviation are expected to operate from Indian-made aircraft carriers, ...

And if the loss of a Super Hornet sounds familiar, “In December, an F/A-18 Super Hornet flying from the aircraft carrier was shot ... “the ongoing Russia–Ukraine war, and in the Middle ...

The Indian Navy has been looking to augment its carrier borne fighter fleet consisting of Russian MiG ... showcased at Aero India 2023 and 2025 may make way for a naval counterpart of the fifth ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has again ordered the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier to remain in the Middle East.

Russia’s United Aircraft has carried out the maiden flight of a modified prototype Yakovlev MC-21 which has been fitted with a number of domestically-built systems and components. The twinjet ...

The vessel loaded a cargo at the US-sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 plant in September 2024, later discharging this at Russia’s huge 361,600-cbm Saam FSU (built 2023) to the north of Murmansk later that month ...

Not all aircraft ... of a carrier. A ski jump, by contrast, is just shaped steel. It's cheaper and needs no dedicated launch crew. That's why navies like the U.K., China, and Russia went with ...

Aircraft carriers are a key component of the U.S. Navy, supporting aerial attacks, security missions, and disaster responses by offering a launch and landing zone for dozens of aircraft while out ...

China currently has two operational aircraft carriers, which are based at two different naval bases in the country.