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China has unveiled plans for a space carrier that can deploy unmanned fighter jets capable of firing missiles from the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere.

The USS John F. Kennedy, which could homeport in Bremerton as early as 2029, has left its Virginia-based shipbuilder for trials.

The U.S.S. Gerald Ford is one of the most advanced aircraft carriers in the world, but it has one basic problem that it can't seem to solve.

While Elon Musk talks of a "Star Trek" future for civilian spaceflight, China has revealed an astonishing military vision: the "Luan Bird," a 120,000-ton flying aircraft carrier designed to operate at the edge of space.

That prediction would see China building aircraft-carriers at more than twice the clip of America, which plans to build only three of them over the same period. But America also plans to retire three carriers in the coming years,

The U.S. military has bolstered its presence across the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran, as nuclear talks were thrown into uncertainty Wednesday before being moved to Oman. U.S. and Iranian officials had been expected to meet Friday in Istanbul, with several Middle Eastern countries participating as observers.

During WWII, engineers seriously planned an Arctic war aircraft carrier made of ice. Project Habakkuk sounds ridiculous—until you see why it almost worked.