Latest Kuznetsov Class (and variants) Stories
New Chinese Aircraft Carrier’s Dry Dock Is Flooded, Launch Imminent
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 14, 2022
Chinese Aircraft Carrier Seen With A Fleet Of Drones On Its Deck
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 2, 2022
Russia’s Cursed Aircraft Carrier Is Finally In A Drydock That Can’t Sink
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 20, 2022
Chinese Aircraft Carrier Liaoning Spotted Off Taiwan In Satellite Imagery
By detresfa_ / Updated May 14, 2022
China Releases Image Of Japanese Carrier Sailing Right Alongside Its Own Carrier
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 30, 2021
British And Chinese Aircraft Carriers Both Underway In The Tense South China Sea (Updated)
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 30, 2021
Close-Up Photo Shows China’s New Aircraft Carrier Rapidly Taking Shape
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jun 4, 2021
U.S. And Chinese Carrier Groups Mass In The South China Sea
By Adam Kehoe / Updated Apr 10, 2021
China’s Liaoning Carrier Strike Group Passes Through Japan’s Miyako Strait
By Adam Kehoe / Updated Apr 4, 2021
New Images Of China’s Elusive Catapult-Capable J-15T Carrier Fighter Emerge
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Nov 18, 2020
What Oddities Can You Spot In This Tour Of Russia’s Aging Aircraft Carrier?
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
Russia’s Carrier Was Designed To Be Heavily Armed Even Without Its Air Wing
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 2, 2020
Russia’s Accident-Plagued Aircraft Carrier Is On Fire (Updated)
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 12, 2019
Russia’s Dry Dock Accident Could Have Far Larger Repercussions Than A Damaged Carrier
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Oct 30, 2018
China Looks To Replace Its J-15 Carrier Fighter Jets Amid Reports Of Crashes
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 5, 2018
Modernization Funds Slashed For Russia’s Notoriously Rickety Aircraft Carrier
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Oct 10, 2017
New Flight Ops Video From China’s Carrier Features Loaded Up J-15 Fighters
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2017
China Launches Its First Home-Built Clone Of An Aircraft Carrier
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 26, 2017
Watch Russia’s Lone Carrier Air Wing Arrive Home After Troubled Deployment
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 4, 2017
Russian Carrier Headed Home After Just Two Months Off Syrian Coast
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 6, 2017
China’s Carrier Ties Up At Specially-Built Giant Dock In S. China Sea
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 5, 2017
Another Russian Jet Crashed Into the Med While Landing On Carrier
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 5, 2016
Russian Carrier Jets Move To Syrian Land Base As Aleppo Begins To Fall
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 28, 2016
Here’s Why the Russian MiG-29KR Crashed Into the Sea, According to Report
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 21, 2016
MiG-29KR Crashes Off Syria During Maiden Cruise Aboard Russian Carrier
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 14, 2016
An Undersea Game of Cat-and-Mouse Is Afoot off Syria as Air Strikes Loom
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 10, 2016
Russian Carrier Executes Flight Ops as Subs Head for Rendezvous in the Med
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Nov 2, 2016