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To: sukhoi-30mki

Conventional carriers are cheaper to operate, crew training is much easier, damage control easier, more survivable, and cost less to build. Once on station a conventional CV has the exact same mission capabilities as nuclear carrier.


9 posted on 03/02/2016 6:04:11 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

Not quite. CVNs have a lot more fuel and ordnance capacity for their aircraft, freeing them up to maneuver without their tankers in tow.


11 posted on 03/02/2016 6:11:30 AM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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