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== Real World Carriers == | == Real World Carriers == | ||
*'''USS Enterprise (CV-6)''' | |||
*'''USS Enterprise (CVN-65)''' | |||
*'''USS Nimitz''' | *'''USS Nimitz''' | ||
*'''IJN Akagi''' | *'''IJN Akagi''' | ||
Revision as of 09:34, 13 January 2009
A Aircraft Carrier (often called simply carriers) is a type of Naval Warship used as a mobile airbase for military aircraft. Aircraft Carriers can project military force over very large areas and have as such become the key point of modern military warfare since the second world war.
Real World Carriers
- USS Enterprise (CV-6)
- USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
- USS Nimitz
- IJN Akagi
- Admiral Kuznetsov
Carriers in Science Fiction
Alongside traditional aircraft carriers, in science fiction it is quite common to have spacecraft filling a similar role as aircraft carriers, mainly carrying Starfighters limited to STL Speeds.