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• New Baby Carrier

  Published: August 28, 2007, 10:55 am

  Tags: Aircraft Carriers, Naval Aviation, Japan

  has itself a new aircraft carrier. Well, an aircraft carrying destroyer, that is. And a pretty small one; full load 18000 tons, with a normal complement of 4 helicopters. Hyuga is slated to enter service in 2009. She kind of looks like a British Invincible class carrier, although without the ski-jump. I suspect that Hyuga is too small

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• Fear the Canadian Menace

  Published: September 5, 2007, 10:17 pm

  Tags: Canada, Aircraft Carriers, Submarines, Royal Navy

  Wales, a pair of 65000 ton aircraft carriers that will be the largest ships the Royal Navy has ever operated. I have to wonder, though, what the point of having 65000 ton carriers is if the Canadians can sink them. To the left is an actual photo taken of HMS Illustrious from HMCS Corner Brook:Had [submarine HMCS] Corner Brook been a hostile,

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• Take With a Bit of (Sea) Salt...

  Published: September 7, 2007, 10:54 am

  Tags: Aircraft Carriers, Naval Aviation, Russia

  will be centred on three carriers each, with one trio assigned to the Northern Fleet, based in the Kola Peninsula, and the other to the Pacific. Pravda stated in an editorial published on July 11: 'Russia is building a new Navy and aircraft carriers are deemed as its integral part.'If achieved, this will enable the Russian Navy to maintain a

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• Concerns About the Future of the Carrier

  Published: October 29, 2007, 10:02 am

  Tags: Aircraft Carriers, Naval Aviation, United States Navy

  Tech about the future of the aircraft carrier. The big deck carrier remains an extremely powerful platform, but is also remarkably expensive, especially considering the extended task force needed to support and defend a carrier. I'm a little less skeptical than many about the carrier; people have been predicting the imminent demise of the

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• Stennis

  Published: November 26, 2007, 10:44 am

  Tags: Aircraft Carriers, Confederate Romances, United States Navy

  Matt makes a good case that John C. Stennis is the worst American ever to give his name to a major capital ship. Any thoughts from our resident naval antiquarians on the worst human being who's name has ever graced a capital ship?

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• Or Maybe No Deal...

  Published: February 29, 2008, 8:31 am

  Tags: Aircraft Carriers, Naval Aviation, India, Russia

  the cost of a Soviet-era aircraft carrier which will be now sold at a higher price to the Indian navy in 2011, officials said Feb. 28.Indian Defence Secretary V. K. Singh, returning from Moscow, said a new undisclosed price had been agreed upon for the 44,570-ton Admiral Gorshkov.Russian export firm Rosoboronexport in 2004 signed a deal to

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• Kitty Hawk to India?

  Published: February 28, 2008, 3:21 pm

  Tags: Aircraft Carriers, India, United States Navy, Russia

  India one of the six supercarriers the US currently has rusting in mothballs. Although five of the six have been stripped down (Kennedy is just beginning the process), I can't imagine that they're in much worse condition than the Russian ship, and even though older, the US carriers are much larger, more effective platforms than the Russian

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• See The PBS Series on U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers and Crews: Carrier'

  Published: April 27, 2008, 2:33 pm

  Tags: Amp 039 Carrier Amp 039, Aircraft Carriers, Culture, Opinions, Pbs, Sailors, U S Navy

  Tonight at 9 PM Eastern time in the U.S. PBS starts its TV series ‘Carrier.’ From the Los Angeles TimesBy Martin Miller, Los Angeles Times Staff WriterApril 26, 2008..ONE SAILOR calmly tells the camera that America went to war for oil. Another, while slurring...read more

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• Chinese build secret nuclear submarine base

  Published: May 1, 2008, 8:18 am

  Tags: Base, China, Aircraft Carriers, American, Asian, Harbour, Nuclear, Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines, Submarine, Underground

  China has secretly built a major underground nuclear submarine base that could threaten Asian countries and challenge American power in the region, it can be disclosed. Satellite imagery, passed to The Daily Telegraph, shows that a substantial harbour has been built which...read more

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