How America’s Aircraft Carrier Crisis Reveals A Military Decline

America has 11 aircraft carriers. So why is the US Navy struggling to deploy more than three at once? These 100,000-ton floating airfields have long symbolised American military power. But delayed ships, lengthy repairs and overstretched crews are making it harder to keep them at sea. Does the carrier now reveal the limits of US military power? #usnavy #aircraftcarrier #geopolitics Produced by Yasmin Butt 00:00 – America’s aircraft carrier problem 00:53 – Delayed ships and ageing carriers 02:24 – Trump’s proposed carrier redesign 03:25 – Longer deployments, greater strain 04:50 – The carrier gap in the Pacific 06:09 – The $25 billion carrier group at risk 07:30 – The cost to the wider fleet 08:38 – Shipyard decline and military power Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Subscribe to the Times Originals YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesoriginals Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thetimes?lang=en Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/