An aircraft carrier is a floating airbase capable of deploying air power wherever it is needed. During the Cold War (1947-1991), a variety of exciting (and often very dangerous) combat aircraft took ...

China hopes to field a total of nine carriers within the decade, the Pentagon believes.

Although “aircraft carriers” come in many sizes and shapes, the largest and most advanced supercarriers all fit a pattern—carved out by the US Navy for others to emulate. Modern aircraft carriers are ...