{"id":5945,"date":"2017-12-13T18:56:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T18:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thejetboy.com\/?p=5945"},"modified":"2017-12-13T18:56:16","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T18:56:16","slug":"future-of-warfare-flying-aircraft-carriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejetboy.com\/future-of-warfare-flying-aircraft-carriers\/","title":{"rendered":"Future of Warfare: Flying Aircraft Carriers…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aircraft carriers,\u00a0with their\u00a0fleet of aircrafts and\u00a0weapons, are undoubtedly one of the single most powerful units of military might. With a single carrier strike group packing enough firepower to neutralize almost any potential adversary, they have become an extremely potent tool for power projection. However, even with all their bells and whistles, they are limited by the worlds ocean. Consequently, military planners across the world have long been working on the idea of developing a flying aircraft carrier. Now the first thought that comes to most of our mind when we hear the term “flying aircraft carrier” is the helicarrier used by S.H.I.E.L.D in Avengers. While its approach might be really fascinating it is far from becoming a reality anytime soon. However, the concept of having a flying aircraft carrier, i.e. an airborne platform that can launch and recover aircrafts, predates the Avengers itself. In fact, the first operational aircraft carriers were built by the US Navy in the mid-1930s. These were two\u00a0rigid airships\u00a0of the\u00a0Akron\u00a0<\/i>class (USS\u00a0Akron<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Macon) and\u00a0<\/i>were built for\u00a0scouting\u00a0duties for the\u00a0U.S. Navy\u00a0and were operational between 1931 and 1935. But these platforms were accident prone and by 1935 both these platforms were lost to accidents and severe weather, resulting in loss of life and suspension of the project.<\/p>\n

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