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a floating airport that lets you invade a country without asking its neighbors for a runway.
means a warship built to launch, land, and store aircraft, projecting air power anywhere its escort fleet can float.
from grew out of seaplane tenders in world war one, then hms argus in 1918 became the first with a full flight deck, and pearl harbor and midway proved battleships were obsolete overnight.
floating citya nimitz-class carrier houses roughly 5000 people
runway mathcatapults fling jets from 0 to 165mph in 2 seconds
nuclear rangea ford-class reactor core lasts about 25 years
club sizeonly about a dozen nations operate any carrier at all
for instance
uss gerald r ford — world's largest warship, commissioned 2017, cost 13 billion dollars
hms argus — 1918, first ship built with a full-length flat deck
uss enterprise cv-6 — most decorated us ship of world war two, 20 battle stars
battle of midway — 1942, four japanese carriers sunk in a single day