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aircraft carrier
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Aircraft carrier
An
aircraft carrier
is a
warship
that serves as a seagoing
airbase
, equipped with a full-length
flight deck
and facilities for
carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft
. Typically, it is the
capital ship
of a fleet, as it allows a
naval force
to
project
air power
worldwide without depending on
local bases for staging aircraft operations
. Aircraft carriers are expensive to build and are critical assets. Aircraft carriers have evolved from converted cruisers to
nuclear-powered warships
that carry numerous fighter planes, strike aircraft, helicopters, and other types of aircraft.
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