Watch: Chinese Aircraft Carrier Liaoning Conducting Flight Operations

Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning conducts trans-regional training after setting out from east China’s Qingdao about a week ago. The Liaoning will visit Hong Kong later this week to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army being stationed in Hong Kong. – New China TV Featured image by video screen capture

Britain’s Aircraft Carrier Queen Elizabeth Begins Sea Trials

The British Navy has commissioned two aircraft carriers to be built at the Rosyth dockyards at a cost of six billion Euros. The first of which, the Queen Elizabeth is leaving the port to undergo her sea trials. Queen Elizabeth will carry over 40 aircraft and be able to project British air power anywhere in […]

China Launches its First Domestically Built Aircraft Carrier

In another step on their quest of becoming a dominant military force China just launched their second aircraft carrier but the first they built entirely on their own. Launching the 50,000 ton ship is a major step in proving China’s advancing technology. Development of the new carrier began in 2013 and construction in late 2015. […]

Chinese Launch Aircraft Carrier a Sign of Increased Power In Asia

The Chinese have launched the country’s second aircraft carrier, but the first to be manufactured domestically as they grow in power and look to project it more and more in the region. The unnamed carrier should be operational by 2020 and for now, will continue to be outfitted in the port city of Dalian. With […]

Japanese self-defense forces looking increasingly offensive

The contingent of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces planning on conducting joint naval maneuvers with the USS Carl Vinson strike group as it transits towards the Korean Peninsula reflect a growing Japanese military chafing within its constitutional limits of pure self-defense. The four helicopter carriers Japan is sending will conduct a series of helicopter landings and […]

Watch: USS Gerald Ford (CVN-78) leaves port and begins sea trials!

The US Navy’s newest super carrier left port and headed out into the Atlantic Ocean for its first sea trials. The USS Gerald Ford is the first of the Ford Class carriers which will carry more aircraft and less personnel than Nimitz Class ships. Over the next several days, CVN 78 Sailors, shipbuilders from Huntington Ingalls […]