The launch dates of the two #UK #AircraftCarriers in service are 2014 and 2017.
The launch dates of #US carriers in service are 2017, 2009, 2004, 1998, 1995, 1992, 1989, 1986, 1982, 1977 and 1975.
Who has the older fleet #Trump you senile bell-end? #MAGA #GOP
Trump mocks UK aircraft carriers as "toys" and criticises Britain and NATO for limited support in Iran war #Trump #Britain #NATO #AircraftCarriers #US-IsraelCampaign
Trump's knocking the UK again saying the Royal Navy's aircraft carriers which have a displacement of 65,000 tonnes are just 'toys' - At least the UK's so-called 'toys' are fit for purpose unlike the US carrier Gerald R Ford #USSGeraldRFord #RoyalNavy #Trump #UnitedKingdom #AircraftCarriers
#OTD #TDIH #March24, 1910 #RichardHalseyBest who sunk Japanese #AircraftCarriers #Akagi & #Hiryu at #BattleOfMidway is #born in #BayonneNJ where resident #JCKaelin is proud he's our own!
#HBD #Heroes #USSEnterprise #USN #PacificWar #WWII #WorldWarTwo #JerseyProud #WWIISky
@russembswe.bsky.social @andysuper.bsky.social
#realDonaldTrump is attacking #China's energy supplies. It is a #war before the #ZionistEmpire starts to attack #China from #Taiwan. It is a shame that #Russia & #China did not provide #Iran with defence to ensure those #aircraftcarriers go nowhere
Aircraft carriers have dominated naval warfare for decades.
But in the age of hypersonic missiles, many analysts claim their era is ending.
Read here:
www.strategicvanguard.com/post/aircraf...
#NavalStrategy #AircraftCarriers #HypersonicWeapons #IndoPacific #StrategicVanguard
The article compares today’s carrier buildup near Iran with past wars, from massive WWII armadas to the six-carrier Gulf War peak, noting modern carriers pack greater power despite smaller numbers.
#AircraftCarriers
He's a child, having a tantrum #Trump and we know that the media #TrevorPhillips @telegraph.co.uk @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social will side with Trump when attacking the #UK and #KeirStarmer and so does @theguardian.com #aircraftcarriers
#Trump telling the #UK he doesn't need our #aircraftcarriers good, we shouldn't be helping him attack #Iran on behalf of #Israel #TrevorPhillips this isn't a #NATO action
JUST IN: Trump says UK may send 2 aircraft carriers to Middle East amid Iran tensions.
🇬🇧 UK doesn't know what it wants—too busy trying to conquer the world to figure out where it even is. 👀
#UK #Iran #Trump #AircraftCarriers #MiddleEast #Colonialism
China’s Push for Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carriers: A New Era of Naval Ambition #ChinaDefense #IndoPacific #AircraftCarriers
#China is to build a couple of new #AircraftCarriers a few metres longer than #America's #USSGeraldFord
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ger...
#felon47, that #epsteinfileshider, wants to spend #trillions on new USN #destroyers and such. Meanwhile, at least two hyper-costly new design #aircraftcarriers are having very expensive toilets troubles. #4700+men on each can't piss/crap; whole systems repeatedly fail.
www.npr.org/2026/01/15/n...
Aircraft carrier power is often misunderstood as a numbers game.
📖 Full analysis (Wix blog):
👉 www.strategicvanguard.com/post/thumb-r...
🎥 Watch the long-form breakdown on YouTube:
👉 youtu.be/XOujuk-E8yQ
#NavalStrategy #AircraftCarriers #DefenseAnalysis #StrategicVanguard #Geopolitics
This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!
December 11th, 1957
#CaliforniaHistory #GeneralFremont #USSForrestal #aircraftcarriers
www.youtube.com/@strangeasit...
What a #Shitshower why didn't any of those overpaid #twats at the #MinistryOfDefense have the #intelligence to install #ShockAbsorbers into these vehicles.Almost as bad as when the #Navy's #AircraftCarriers had #NoPlanes Another consequence of #Tories decimating the #UK's #ArmedForces to 73,000
What a #Shitshower why didn't any of those overpaid #twats at the #MinistryOfDefense have the #intelligence to install #ShockAbsorbers into these vehicles.Almost as bad as when the #Navy's #AircraftCarriers had #NoPlanes Another consequence of #Tories decimating the #UK's #ArmedForces to 73,000
[5/5] Le Fujian marque un tournant dans la géographie du pouvoir maritime mondial. En conjuguant innovation technologique et affirmation géostratégique, la Chine redéfinit l’équilibre naval du Pacifique et projette sa souveraineté bien au-delà de ses rivages. #HGGSP #aircraftcarriers #navy #China
#News China’s biggest aircraft carrier enters service: China’s largest and most advanced aircraft carrier has entered service, enabling Beijing to enhance its naval power in the Indo-Pacific region.#Military #defence #defense #warfare #China #aircraftcarriers #People’sLiberationArmyNavy’ #PLAN…
👇🇨🇳"China’s latest aircraft carrier showcases new fighter jet launch system. Only the US has the same tech" #China #ChineseNavy #AircraftCarriers #ElectromagneticLaunchSystems
one of them under Commander Francesca “Frankie” Cook (Angelina Jolie).
#SkyCaptainandtheWorldofTomorrow #AngelinaJolie #aviation #aircraftcarriers
Indeed, only 10 years later, in the fantastic 1939 of *Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow* (Kerry Conran 2004), we see a Fleet of Royal Navy flying aircraft carriers, borne on propellers, ➡️
#SkyCaptainandtheWorldofTomorrow #aviation #aircraftcarriers
China Expands Naval Reach with Dual Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific
#ChinaNavy #AircraftCarriers #PacificMilitary #FujianCarrier
#IndoPacific #SouthChinaSea #Geopolitics #NavalPower
#MilitaryDrills #DefenseNews
Note collapsed flight deck over the forward hangar.’
#WW2 #SouthPacific #aircraftcarriers #Hiryu #BattleOfMidway #blackandwhitephotography #aerialphotography
#OTD #TDIH #June5, 1942: #BayonneNJ born #RichardHalseyBest sinks Japanese #AircraftCarriers #Akagi & #Hiryu at the #BattleOfMidway, changing the course of #WWII! #DiveBomberPilots #Heroes #USN #PacificWar #WorldWarII #JerseyProud
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...
U.S. Navy https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/08/world-war-ii-battle-of-midway-and-the-aleutian-campaign/100137/
‘The Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu maneuvers to avoid bombs dropped by Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortresses during the Battle of Midway, on June 4, 1942.’
#FlyingFortresses #bombers #BattleofMidway #aircraftcarriers #Soryu #MidwayIsland #blackandwhitephotography
while salvage operations were underway. The same attack also struck the Yorktown, which sank the following morning. Crewmen of another US warship, foreground, line the rail as their vessel stands by to rescue survivors.’
#BattleofMidway #aircraftcarriers #blackandwhitephotography
to the abandoned ship and as she made progress toward port, a torpedo from a Japanese submarine destroyed and sank the Yorktown.’
#WW2 #SouthPacific #BattleofMidway #aircraftcarriers #blackandwhitephotography #USNavy
AP Photo/U.S. Navy https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/08/world-war-ii-battle-of-midway-and-the-aleutian-campaign/100137/
‘Crewmen of the #USSYorktown pick their way along the sloping flight deck of the aircraft carrier as the ship listed heavily, heading for damaged sections to see if they can patch up the crippled ship, in June of 1942.’
#BattleofMidway #aircraftcarriers #blackandwhitephotography
U.S. Navy https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/08/world-war-ii-battle-of-midway-and-the-aleutian-campaign/100137/
‘A Japanese Type 97 attack aircraft is shot down while attempting to carry out a torpedo attack on USS Yorktown, during the mid-afternoon of 4 June 1942.’
#WW2 #SouthPacific #BattleofMidway #aircraftcarriers #USSYorktown #USNavy #torpedobomber #blackandwhitephotography
