The US Navy Keeps Sidelining its Best Surface Ships. Here's Why

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China’s first aircraft carrier forms ‘evolving pattern’ of voyages in disputed Asian seas

The carrier group’s passages not far from Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines have raised alerts.
UK’s Royal Navy has ‘serious’ anti-submarine warfare gap, committee finds

The Royal Navy has a “serious anti-submarine warfare gap” that weakens the U.K.’s ability to respond to Russia’s submarine and underwater sabotage threats.
China built more than twice naval tonnage of US in 2024-25: Euronaval

China built more than twice the naval tonnage of the U.S. in the 2024-25 period, narrowing the gap between the two countries’ navies, a new report says.
France mulls keeping Charles de Gaulle carrier sailing after 2038

France is studying whether the Charles de Gaulle nuclear-powered aircraft carrier can continue to sail beyond its envisaged retirement in 2038.