The deployment of a US carrier strike group places overwhelming American firepower within striking distance of Iran, but it also raises the risk of confrontation in a region where miscalculation can ...

Washington has sent the USS Abraham Lincoln, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, as well as three accompanying warships under Carrier Strike Group 3 (CSG-3) to West Asia. Can Iran take down the vessel?

Iran has missiles fast enough to threaten US warships, but not the sensors needed to find them. Against a mobile aircraft ...

What is it really costing to get a supercarrier on the bottom when there is nobody shooting back? In 2005, the retired USS America (CV-66) was deployed by the U.S Navy as an experiment, not a send-off ...

With the U.S. Navy fielding 11 active carriers, the fleet represents a fearsome deterrent and weapon that can be deployed globally. However, they do make big, lucrative targets. For opposing forces, ...