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aircraft carrier
![India’s Modi Approves Aircraft Carrier Funding India’s Modi Approves Aircraft Carrier Funding](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-07-10_22-47-26.jpg)
India’s Modi Approves Aircraft Carrier Funding
By Zachary Keck
This week Modi agreed to release $3.18 billion to finish construction of India’s first indigenous carrier.
![China’s Oversized Aircraft Carrier Ambitions China’s Oversized Aircraft Carrier Ambitions](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-06-20_08-58-48.jpg)
China’s Oversized Aircraft Carrier Ambitions
By Harry Kazianis
Reports suggest China will have an indigenous carrier battle group within three years. Don't bet on it.
![Cruise Missiles: China’s Real ‘Carrier Killer’ Cruise Missiles: China’s Real ‘Carrier Killer’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-06-04_21-03-54.jpg)
Cruise Missiles: China’s Real ‘Carrier Killer’
By Zachary Keck
U.S. military analysts warn of the growing threat Chinese cruise missiles pose to the U.S. in the Asia-Pacific region
![China Attempts Military Transparency… And Fails China Attempts Military Transparency… And Fails](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-08_06-36-10.jpg)
China Attempts Military Transparency… And Fails
By Harry Kazianis
If the PLA wants to be transparent, giving Chuck Hagel a tour of its symbolic aircraft carrier won't cut it.
![US Nixes Plan to Reduce Carrier Force US Nixes Plan to Reduce Carrier Force](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-02-07_12-48-33.jpg)
US Nixes Plan to Reduce Carrier Force
By Zachary Keck
Pressure from the White House and Congress has led the Pentagon to drop a plan to reduce the number of aircraft carriers.
![Why to Ignore China’s Aircraft Carriers Why to Ignore China’s Aircraft Carriers](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-01-28_13-15-12.jpg)
Why to Ignore China’s Aircraft Carriers
By Harry Kazianis
A lot of Chinese hardware could challenge US primacy in the Pacific. Carriers are not among them.
![China's Building Second Aircraft Carrier China's Building Second Aircraft Carrier](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-01-20_03-17-23.jpg)
China's Building Second Aircraft Carrier
By Zachary Keck
A provincial party leader confirms China has begun construction on its second aircraft carrier.
![US Navy Tweaks Pacific Carrier Force US Navy Tweaks Pacific Carrier Force](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-01-15_13-40-24.jpg)
US Navy Tweaks Pacific Carrier Force
By Zachary Keck
Starting next year, the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) will call Yokosuka, Japan its home port.
![Japan Mulls Aircraft Carrier Future? Japan Mulls Aircraft Carrier Future?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-01-14_20-44-02.jpg)
Japan Mulls Aircraft Carrier Future?
By Zachary Keck
Japan will reportedly fly surveillance drones from its destroyers as a possible prelude to building aircraft carriers.
![How to Measure an Aircraft Carrier’s Worth How to Measure an Aircraft Carrier’s Worth](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sizes/thumbnail/18684_52809b4e1f7b5.jpg)
How to Measure an Aircraft Carrier’s Worth
By James R. Holmes
If aircraft carriers aren’t used in battle it’s hard to justify their enormous price tag.
![Twilight of the Aircraft Carrier? Twilight of the Aircraft Carrier?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2013-12-12_21-17-58.jpg)
Twilight of the Aircraft Carrier?
By James R. Holmes
Past fears that carriers were vulnerable to new technologies weren’t proven right… nor were they proven wrong.
![China’s Unmanned Carrier-Based J-20 is a Pipedream (For Now) China’s Unmanned Carrier-Based J-20 is a Pipedream (For Now)](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2013-12-11_20-07-17.jpg)
China’s Unmanned Carrier-Based J-20 is a Pipedream (For Now)
By Harry Kazianis
For years to come an unmanned, carrier-based 5th generation stealth fighter will remain a fantasy in Beijing.