Why Does The US Navy Have Planes? Here's What They're Used For

Why Does The US Navy Have Planes? Here's What They're Used For

The U.S. Navy may rule the waves, but it also has the second second-largest air force in the world. Here's why the Navy has so many aircraft at its disposal.

How US Navy Carriers Might "Stop" Chinese "Carrier Killer" Anti-Ship Missiles - Warrior Maven

By Kris Osborn, Warrior (Washington DC) Perhaps an entire annex of documents and even small libraries could be filled with essays, news reports, speculative analysis and research-driven assessments regarding the People’s Liberation Army’s well-known “carrier killer” missiles reported to hold US Navy carriers at great risk of destruction in the Pacific.  Tests of these weapons, known respectively […]

WASHINGTON, April 18.- U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth states that Chinese hypersonic missiles can destroy all U.S. aircraft carriers in just 20 minutes in case a conflict broke out quickly, and were one of the first targets to eliminate logistical and troop transportation support. The U.S. currently has 11 aircraft carriers in active service, including 10 Nimitz class and 1 Gerald R. Ford class. Aircraft carriers are essential to U.S. fo…