The morning of November 17, 2021, started like any other aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth as she cut through the Eastern Mediterranean. The Royal Navy’s flagship was operating at the heart of Carrier Strike ...
The Navy is trying to preserve a sea-based Marine airpower option on ships that are becoming harder to keep at sea. The “lightning carrier” concept depends on big-deck amphibious assault ships that ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. A Royal Navy F-35B — same type of aircraft now grounded at a ...