HMS Queen Elizabeth under way during training exercises in October 2020. A dozen F-35B strike fighters and four Merlin naval helicopters are visible on the flight deck.

Full-Size Carriers for the Royal Navy

The United Kingdom’s 65,000-ton aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales, are the largest warships ever built for the Royal Navy.

Eric Wertheim
January 2021
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), left, and the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) in the Arabian Sea in March.

No Margin Left

Overworked aircraft carriers struggle to maintain deployments after decades of overuse.

Megan Eckstein
January 2021