The Largest Aircraft Carrier in The World (full video) (via Burt Norris) We all hope it wont be ever needed, but the Russians should be aware whatever they are planning to achieve in Europe, sooner or later they will have to face the USA and their military machine, including the worlds biggest and most sophisticated warship ever built. The USA have eleven in service, Russia only one not nearly as powerful as any of Americas, is this what they mean when thinking to match the US military? Or they just mean to use soldiers and civilians like cannon fodder as they already did so well in the WW2? Nimitz Class, with a full load displacement of 97,000 tons, is the worlds largest aircraft carrier. The first carrier in the class was deployed in May 1975, while the tenth and last ship, USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), was commissioned in January 2009. Each carrier of the Nimitz Class is designed to operate for about 50 years, requiring just one mid-life overhaul. The 332.8m-long super carrier features a 4.5-acre flight deck capable of carrying more than 60 aircraft. Each ship towers 20 stories above the water and can accommodate 3,000 to 3,200 ships company, 1,500 air wing and 500 other crew. Nimitz Class is powered by two nuclear reactors providing a maximum speed of more than 30kt. The Sea Sparrow missiles, Phalanx close-in weapon system (CIWS) and Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAMs) mounted aboard the vessel defend against potential threats. The ships in Nimitz Class will be replaced by the Gerald R. Ford Class (CVN 78) next generation aircraft carriers from 2015. To watch the video on YouTube: https://youtube/watch?v=IQvxXmmBNDQ To find out more: largest-aircraft-carriers.blogspot/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimitz-class_aircraft_carrier
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 07:48:52 +0000
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