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. COUNT 5
QSN1 What type of flight decks are aircraft carriers equipped with? ANS1 full-length QSN2 What purpose do aircraft carriers serve for aircraft? ANS2 carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering QSN3 Typically, what is the capital ship of any fleet? ANS3 An aircraft carrier QSN4 What have the old converted cruiser aircraft carriers evolved into? ANS4 nuclear-powered warships QSN5 What do aircraft carriers allow naval forces to accomplish? ANS5 project air power worldwide without depending on local bases