Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy's Forrestal-class aircraft carriers, built during the Cold War, marked a significant advancement in sea-based warfare. Designed to accommodate larger ...

What You Need to Know: At the height of the Cold War, U.S. Navy planners introduced the concept of the CVV—medium-sized aircraft carriers designed to be a more affordable alternative to the ...

At the tail end of the Cold War, the Soviet Union produced a number of unique aircraft carriers. Known as the Kiev class, the carriers were the Soviets’ initial foray into the world of fixed ...

By the end of the Cold War when the USSR was split up and its remaining territories became part of the Russian Federation, the government couldn't afford to maintain its existing carriers.

While aircraft carriers played major roles during the Cold War, there were no major conflicts featuring carrier strike groups, as the Soviet Union did not seem to possess equally as large carriers ...

Forty years ago on Thursday, a Soviet submarine collided with the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk. The collision occurred as the sub was spying on US warships amid Cold War tensions.

FILE - The HMS Queen Elizabeth on Nov. 3, 2023. Sunday Feb. 4, 2024. The British aircraft carrier that was set to lead the largest NATO exercises since the Cold War will not set sail Sunday Feb. 4 ...

The decision means that Britain’s air force will have a nuclear role for the first time since the end of the Cold War.