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The UK's newest aircraft carrier has already encountered a century-old undersea threat
After decades focused elsewhere, navies are reemphasizing anti-submarine warfare in order counter a…
Vivienne Machi
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The UK's new aircraft carrier wrapped up its maiden deployment with 2 more milestones — one good and one bad
HMS Queen Elizabeth's trip across the planet on its maiden deployment was a display of Britain's re…
Constantine Atlamazoglou
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The British Navy's 2 new aircraft carriers hit a major milestone at the same time — on opposite sides of the planet
It's been a busy fall for HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, which the Royal Navy calls "…
Benjamin Brimelow
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The UK has recovered the F-35 stealth fighter that crashed off an aircraft carrier into the sea
British newspaper reports say it took a couple of weeks to find the plane and then another few week…
Ryan Pickrell
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US, UK, and Japanese aircraft carriers are training together in the Pacific. Here's how their 'big decks' stack up
It's been a busy two months for the American, British, and Japanese navies — especially their carri…
Benjamin Brimelow
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A pilot flying off Britain's flagship aircraft carrier was forced to bail out of an F-35 stealth fighter in the Mediterranean
The British defense ministry said that the pilot was able to make it safely back to the ship and th…
Ryan Pickrell
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UK's flagship aircraft carrier has an outbreak of around 100 COVID-19 cases on its first deployment
There have been about 100 cases of COVID-19 on HMS Queen Elizabeth, which is currently on a world t…
Connor Perrett
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A year after leading its first convoy since the Cold War, the US Navy is training for a more 'subtle' fight in the Atlantic
During part one of exercise Steadfast Defender, NATO navies are training to ensure that sea lines o…
Christopher Woody
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US Marine Corps F-35s flew over 5,000 miles for a deployment aboard UK aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth
This will be the first full operational deployment of a US F-35B squadron aboard the British carrie…
Ryan Pickrell
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UK Royal Navy recruits no longer need to know how to swim as enlistment problems mount, report says
One defense source told Sky News there was "outrage, unadulterated utter outrage" over the move int…
Rebecca Rommen
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The UK's $3.7B flagship aircraft carrier caught fire in another embarrassing incident for the Royal Navy
The fire broke out on HMS Queen Elizabeth while it was docked for repairs at Glen Mallan on Loch Lo…
Rebecca Rommen
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Britain's $3.7B aircraft carriers were meant to take a crowning role in a major NATO exercise then failed to set sail, twice
The HMS Prince of Wales replaced its sister vessel for NATO exercises, but a scheduled departure on…
Tom Porter
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Britain suffered an embarrassing aircraft carrier malfunction just as China started showing off its new carrier
As NATO's landmark exercises begin with a hiccup, China is flexing the capabilities of its advanced…
Mia Jankowicz,Tom Porter
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The high-profile failure of a $3.7B aircraft carrier shows how Britain is struggling to keep up with first-rate militaries
Years of underfunding have left the UK's Royal Navy in a threadbare state as global threats intensi…
Tom Porter
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The UK's flagship aircraft carrier suffers new misfortune and won't lead major NATO exercise
HMS Queen Elizabeth, the UK fleet's flagship aircraft carrier, canceled its role leading the larges…
Rebecca Rommen
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Queen Elizabeth honored Prince Philip by wearing scarab brooch he gifted her 55 years ago
Queen Elizabeth also wore the brooch for her and Prince Philip's 70th wedding anniversary portraits…
Lauren Edmonds
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Britain's Royal Navy says it did what only the US has until now: flown a large drone off the deck of an aircraft carrier
A large and specially modified drone took off from and landed back on the Queen Elizabeth-class HMS…
Jake Epstein
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The British navy's newest aircraft carrier teamed up with US pilots to launch F-35 jets in 'beast mode' for the first time
The weeks of testing off the US East Coast in October were "the busiest HMS Prince of Wales has eve…
Constantine Atlamazoglou
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A jet on the bottom of the Mediterranean shows why even small parts can cause big problems for the F-35
Even a small error with a minor piece of equipment can have catastrophic consequences for an aircra…
Michael Peck
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On its first deployment, the US Navy's newest aircraft carrier makes historic visit near NATO's northern frontline with Russia
USS Gerald R. Ford is the first US aircraft carrier to visit Norway in 65 years, and its arrival re…