China Readying New Catapult for 3rd Aircraft Carrier
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DefenceTalkChina is likely to use an electromagnetic catapult for fighter jets on its third aircraft carrier, experts said on Thursday. The world’s leading electromagnetic catapult technology was developed by a team led by Ma Weiming, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a Beijing-based expert, who asked for anonymity, told the Global Times on […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-readying-new-catapult-for-3rd-aircraft-carrier-71100/
China’s Second Aircraft Carrier to Hold First Sea Trials
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DefenceTalkChina’s second aircraft carrier might conduct its first sea trials in February, military analysts said after Taiwan media reported that China’s first aircraft carrier the Liaoning sailed near the island on Friday. China launched its second aircraft carrier in April 2017 after the Liaoning, a refitted Soviet Union-made carrier that went into commission in 2012. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-second-aircraft-carrier-to-hold-first-sea-trials-71030/
US aircraft carriers in rare Pacific operation amid North Korea tensions
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DefenceTalkThree US aircraft carriers will stage joint drills in the western Pacific for the first time in a decade, the US Navy said Thursday, as tensions in the region over North Korea reach fever pitch. The USS Ronald Reagan, USS Nimitz and USS Theodore Roosevelt will conduct “coordinated operations in international waters”, the navy said, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-aircraft-carriers-in-rare-pacific-operation-amid-north-korea-tensions-70765/
Future USS Gerald R. Ford Underway for Builder’s Sea Trials
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DefenceTalkThe future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is underway for its first set of sea trials, known as Builder’s Sea Trials (BST). Builder’s sea trials provide an opportunity to test systems, components and compartments at sea for the first time. Over the next several days, CVN 78 Sailors, shipbuilders from Huntington Ingalls Industries – […]https://www.defencetalk.com/future-uss-gerald-r-ford-underway-for-builders-sea-trials-69692/
U.S., South Korean Navies to Hold Partnership Exercises
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DefenceTalkU.S. Navy ships assigned to Commander, Task Force 30 and CTF-70 are scheduled to begin a series of exercises with the South Korean navy tomorrow to strengthen maritime interoperability and tactics, techniques and procedures. The U.S. routinely conducts carrier strike group operations in the waters around South Korea to exercise maritime maneuvers, strengthen the U.S.-South […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-south-korean-navies-to-hold-partnership-exercises-69537/
Trump Calls for 12-Carrier Navy, Promises Rebuilt Military
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DefenceTalkPresident Donald J. Trump today promised to rebuild the U.S. military and called for a 12-carrier Navy during a visit to the future USS Gerald R. Ford in Newport News, Virginia. Trump addressed the pre-commissioning unit of the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier on the ship’s hangar deck. He told the crew that if Congress passes […]https://www.defencetalk.com/trump-calls-for-12-carrier-navy-promises-rebuilt-military-69371/
Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group Put to the Test
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DefenceTalkRoyal Navy warships have been learning how to work as part of a battlegroup with the nation’s new aircraft carriers. The Commander UK Carrier Strike Group (COMUKCSG) battle staff has been conducting transatlantic exercises ahead of the arrival in Portsmouth later this year of HMS Queen Elizabeth. RN personnel have been taking part in Fleet […]https://www.defencetalk.com/royal-navy-carrier-strike-group-put-to-the-test-68872/
Russia’s Advanced New Surveillance Satellites to Keep an Eye on US Carriers
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DefenceTalkThe Russian Defense Ministry has plans to launch a new orbital surveillance system aimed to bolster the reconnaissance capabilities of the Aerospace Defense Forces. What kinds of capabilities will the new system have? One of Russia’s leading online news and analysis portals spoke to military experts to try and find out. On Thursday, Kommersant newspaper […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-advanced-new-surveillance-satellites-to-keep-an-eye-on-us-carriers-67944/
US Navy Aircraft Carriers: The Number One Asymmetric Military Advantage
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DefenceTalkThere has been a lot of talk lately by senior Pentagon officials that the U.S. military is losing its long-held advantages in high-end warfighting capabilities. If one accepted uncritically statements by the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics about how well our prospective adversaries are inventing and deploying […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-aircraft-carriers-the-number-one-asymmetric-military-advantage-67096/