S. Korea, U.S. discuss deploying aircraft carrier, strategic bombers to Korean Peninsula – Seoul

Published time: 4 Sep, 2017 06:25 Edited time: 4 Sep, 2017 07:18 South Korea and the U.S. are discussing deployment of an aircraft carrier and strategic bombers, South Korean Yonhap news agency reported, citing the country’s defense ministry. The agency added that Seoul had detected “indications” that Pyongyang is preparing a ballistic missile launch. Read […]

Low-Cost Carrier Comparison: Ryanair vs. EasyJet

Low-Cost Carrier Comparison: Ryanair vs. EasyJet Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not include all credit […]

Carrier buzzed by Iranian drone in Persian Gulf – US Navy

Published time: 14 Aug, 2017 17:46 Edited time: 14 Aug, 2017 17:50 The US Navy is protesting what it called an “unsafe and unprofessional approach” by an Iranian drone of a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf. It is the second incident involving the USS Nimitz and Iranian drones in a week. On […]

America’s newest aircraft carrier uses “digital” catapult on fighter for first time

Enlarge / An F/A-18 flies above the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) as its pilot, Lt. Cmdr. Jaime Struck, prepares for the first arrested landing aboard the new carrier on July 28. (credit: US Navy) Last week, an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the US Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 successfully landed and then […]

No urinals: New US naval aircraft carrier goes ‘gender-neutral’

A new state-of-the-art US aircraft carrier is currently the only ship in its fleet that is fully equipped with gender-neutral restrooms. However, urinals are absent from the ship’s restrooms, and now design experts have reservations about the new look. Every urinal on the new USS Gerald R. Ford, which was commissioned at Naval Station Norfolk […]

How the US’s futuristic new aircraft carrier will change naval warfare forever

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Julio Martinez Martinez President Donald Trump took part in the commissioning of the USS Gerald R. Ford on Saturday, ushering in the first new aircraft carrier design in four decades to the US Navy with in “100,000-ton message to the world,” according to Trump. The Ford […]

China’s naval battle group visits Hong Kong led by aircraft carrier Liaoning

Published time: 7 Jul, 2017 06:43 China’s carrier battle group has docked in Hong Kong to mark the 20th anniversary of the autonomous territory’s handover from London to Beijing. The Chinese naval group, comprised of the Soviet-made aircraft carrier Liaoning and guided-missile destroyers CNS Jinan and CNS Yinchuan, as well as guided-missile frigate CNS Yantai, […]

‘Big convenient marine target’ – Russian MoD on new British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth

Published time: 29 Jun, 2017 07:26 The Russian Defense Ministry has called the latest Royal Navy aircraft carrier a “big convenient marine target,” comparing it to a queen bee that is not capable of defending itself without a “hive” of other warships. The statement comes after UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said that the Russians […]

Southwest the Latest Carrier to Cut Back Flights to Cuba

Southwest the Latest Carrier to Cut Back Flights to Cuba Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does […]

Andy Rubin’s Essential phone announces carrier availability and it’s… Sprint

Essential Andy Rubin, the father of Android, has a new smartphone company in the works called “Essential.”  It’s first flagship smartphone, the “Essential Phone,” is launching soon in the US for $ 699. While most upstart smartphone companies (see: OnePlus) opt for an unlocked-only, direct-sales model, Essential is actually doing carrier deals. Well, one carrier deal: the device […]