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Where are America’s aircraft carriers now?

Although the US Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service, only around half are deployed at any given ...
On the day a small diesel-electric submarine dodged itself at least four times into firing position on a U.S. carrier strike ...
In a war with the US, North Korea stands to lose everything. The military asymmetry between the two nations would make the ...
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff heads to Israel for talks with Netanyahu and security chiefs.The post Iran IRGC-linked outlet says ...
Trump has been variously described as a narcissist, a solipsist and, less commonly, as pronoid. The latter – believing that ...
The 4th Marine Division and the Army's 7th Infantry Division landed on several islands within the atoll. Four days later, ...
USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) is now in the Red Sea, adding to the increased U.S. presence in the Middle East, USNI News has learned. A Navy official confirmed the destroyer crossed into the Red Sea ...
The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group has crossed into Central Command, the Middle East region that includes ...
As President Donald Trump considers a major strike on Iran after discussions about limiting that nation’s nuclear program and ballistic missile production haven’t progressed, the US military has ...
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Feb. 2, 2026, based on Navy and public data. In cases in ...
U.S. naval and air forces are moving toward the Middle East as tensions with Iran rise, highlighting deterrence efforts, ...
Iranian officials have reached out to Middle Eastern countries over the threat of a possible U.S. military strike.