aircraft carrier (redirected fromAircraft Carriers) Thesaurus Encyclopedia aircraft carrier n. A large naval vessel designed as a mobile air base, having a long flat deck on which aircraft can take off and land at sea. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyri...
An aircraft carrier has a launching device for assisting heavy jet aircraft to takeoff, and to help reduce the amount of fuel carried by the aircraft itself. An endless belt, extending underneath the runway for two-thirds of its length, carries a pusher, which rises through a gap in the ...
Tofacilitateshort takeoffs and landings, airspeeds over the deck are increased by turning the ship into the wind. Catapults flush with the flight deck assist in launching aircraft; for landing, aircraft are fitted with retractable hooks that engage transverse wires on the deck, braking them to ...
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A U.S. F/A-18 Super Hornet strike fighter takes off from the deck of USS aircraft carrier Nimitz during an exercise at sea on March 3, 2008 off the coast of South Korea. The catapult is a more powerful, but more complex means of launching aircraft. Carriers such as France’s ...
carrier:这是一个更通用的术语,可以指代任何能够搭载和运输飞机或其他类型载具的船只。例句:The carrier is capable of launching and recovering aircraft.(这艘航空母舰能够起飞和回收飞机。) battlewagon:这是一个较为口语化的表达,通常用于形容大型、强力的军舰,如航空母舰。例句:The ba...
The Houthis and the U.S. military have been attacking each other since November last year, when the Houthis began launching anti-ship missiles and drone attacks on what they said were "Israeli-linked" cargo ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, to show solidarity with the Palestinia...
Both utilize bow-mounted ski ramps instead of catapults to launch aircraft, limiting the payload of their fighter jets and preventing them from launching piston-engine aircraft. Unlike Liaoning, Shandong is a fully operational carrier capable of combat operations. Type 003 China is currently...
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Aircraft carriers have been using either ski ramps or catapults to launch airplanes. Many aircraft carriers still use ski ramps, and it was the US's newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, on her first major deployment in 2017 was using the latest in aircraft launching technology —...