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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 British navy still celebrates a famous World War II aircraft carrier that gave Hitler fits
For two years, HMS Ark Royal defied German attempts to sink it. In November 1941, its luck finally …
Benjamin Brimelow
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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A first-of-its-kind drone landing shows how the British navy plans to keep its new aircraft carriers in action for longer
Like the US Navy, the British Royal Navy is making big plans for its carriers to haul drone aircraf…
Constantine Atlamazoglou
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'Cannibalized' parts show how the British navy is struggling to keep its 2 new aircraft carriers in fighting shape
New warships often have problems, but the need to swap parts between carriers reflects how the Brit…
Michael Peck
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Turkey has a new drone to use with its new drone aircraft carrier, and it's looking to sell it to the rest of the world
Turkey's new aircraft carrier entered service this spring, and Turkish firm Baykar has designed a n…
Paul Iddon
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The British navy's aircraft carriers are back after 'a bit of a hiatus,' but one of them has an uncertain future
The Royal Navy has been rebuilding its "big, corporate knowledge" of carrier operations, an officer…
Christopher Woody
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UK's newest and largest aircraft carrier broke down on the 2nd day of a mission to the US
The $3.5 billion carrier HMS Prince of Wales has spent fewer than 90 days at sea in the past two ye…
George Glover
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New missions in the high north are taking US and British aircraft carriers closer to a frigid frontline with Russia
The US Navy is "in an upward trajectory with respect to the Arctic, and I don't think we're going t…