Category:Aircraft carriers

Aircraft carriers are a very strategic naval unit. The idea of a mobile landing pad for airplanes was first conceived shortly after the first World War. Many attempts were made to perfect this idea as there were many hindrances at first like the balacing of the ship, the runway and most of all the landing of the aircraft as the aircraft which would land would just shoot off from the other end as the speed for landing did not allow it to stop within the length of the ship.

Finally this ship was perfected and many nations had their own designs such as the United States navy and the Royal Japanese navy during World War II. Many great battles in history of our world have taken place in the sea and in most the aircraft carrier played a pivotal role. The nations that today have at least one aircraft carrier are as follows:

Brazil, China, France, India, Italy, Russia, Spain, Thailand, UK and the USA.

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