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News & Updates 
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1.26.12
Potent Sting Is Prepared in the Belly of a Warship
Aboard the U.S.S. John C. Stennis,in the North Arabian Sea — Depending on who describes it, a nuclear aircraft carrier can be any number of things: an instrument of national will, a nemesis to be threatened and watched, a fast-moving and wide-ranging city at sea.
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1.24.12
Can China Sink A U.S. Aircraft Carrier?
For America, access to the area around China is mainly about sea power. The U.S. can use satellites and long-range aircraft to overcome the tyranny of distance, but it has relatively few bases in the region and virtually no ground-force presence outside South Korea and Okinawa. Since bases near China would probably be targeted early in any future war, U.S. military presence depends mainly on warships at sea.
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1.23.12
US to Keep 11 Aircraft Carriers to Show Sea Power
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told sailors aboard the country's oldest aircraft carrier that the U.S. is committed to maintaining a fleet of 11 of the formidable warships despite budget pressures, in part to project sea power against Iran.
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1.3.12
Building a Navy That Won’t Sink the Economy
America is by geography a maritime state. Even with a vastly shrunken defense budget, we must remain a naval power.