That’s because the Izumo-class is really a light aircraft carrier. And, if America’s recent experiences against the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen haven’t shown, aircraft carriers are to ...

While Japan avoids calling these ships “aircraft carriers” due to constitutional restrictions, their expanded air ...

The distinction between helicopter carriers and aircraft carriers remains dubious. Meet the Izumo—the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force’s largest ship, displacing a gargantuan twenty-seven ...

aircraft and be employed as “Lightning Carriers.” The Izumo underwent the first phase of modifications in 2021, where its flight deck was coated with heat-resistant paint, and later saw the ...

Japan is showing off the first changes made to one of its helicopter-carrying destroyers to turn it into a light aircraft ...

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The new Electric Launch System for Unmanned Aircraft allows UAS operations on a variety of vessels, including aircraft ...

the People's Liberation Army's newest and largest aircraft carrier. The Type 076 is also much larger than Japan's Izumo-class helicopter carriers. While the Sichuan is about as long as the US Navy ...

The US government has cleared the potential sale of additional long-range air-to-surface missiles to arm Japanese combat ...