Interesting Engineering: A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers: 11 Iconic Historical Evolutions
We take a look at how aircraft carriers became the huge war machines that they are today.
The aircraft carrier today is a huge war machine used by navies to deploy entire fleets of aircraft remotely, far away from their country of origin. The biggest aircraft carrier today can transport and launch more than 75 aircraft by sea. But did you know about the aircraft carrier's humble predecessor, the balloon barge?
What we've grown accustomed to seeing today in the news, in movies, and in real life is the result of an evolution that's taken place over more than a hundred years thanks to some extremely talented engineers.
Here are some of the biggest steps in the evolution of the aircraft carrier, or supercarrier, as we know it today.
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WNU Editor: Some cool historical pictures here.
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