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Take over Formation: The moment a president is about to lose his country.

One US aircraft carrier has a more powerful air force than 70% of all countries.

During WWII, the Japanese navy had submersible aircraft carriers. These carriers were able to carry three aircrafts underwater to their destinations, resurface, launch their planes and quickly dive again before they were discovered.

India is one of nine countries that have aircraft carriers in active service. The INS Viraat is 226.5 metres long and can carry up to 30 aircraft while coasting at speeds of 28 knots. It was acquired by the Indian navy in 1987. The Viraat gives India a huge advantage over Pakistan's Navy, as it can launch aircraft deep into Pakistani territory if needed. Soon the Indian Navy will be armed with the Russian-made INS Vikramaditya and locally-manufactured Vikrant-class aircraft carriers as well.

Funjosh:

What bro?

augster:
oboy na to dey fly follow ship till storm clear o

Storm could take several minutes or hours, how about your fuel

Gigantic lifts bring aircraft to and from the flight deck from hangars. Belowdecks, you'll find workshops, mess halls, crew quarters and everything else needed to keep this mini-city afloat and operationally ready.

These huge machines have up to seven decks stacked under the flight deck and a massive superstructure. This is required to house a crew of around 5000 technicians, pilots and sailors.

Odunayaw:
very scary...but there are hover jets(vertical landing jets) that are used on the aircraft carriers

You're so right about that, some fighters planes makes vertical takeoff/landing. But it will still be a little bit difficult if there's heavy storm because there will be no stability.

Landing aircrafts on Carrier decks at night, in storms, rough sea is scary and is one of the most difficult tasks for military pilots.


Landing on a moving carrier in perfect conditions is difficult enough; however, landing on a carrier deck at night, in rough seas with the deck pitching and rolling all over the place is the scariest experience they've ever had.

Even on the largest carriers, planes only have a 500-foot runway to work with. A pilot needs to snag his plane's tailhook to one of the four arresting wires that are made from high tensile steel. These wires can stop a 54,000-pound aircraft going at 240 km/h in two seconds, within 315 feet.

Since its impossible to take off on the short runway of an aircraft carrier conventionally, four catapults are used to give planes an extra boost or slingshot the plane, giving it the boost of speed needed to get airborne before it hit the ocean. These catapults have two pistons that sit inside parallel cylinders that are positioned under the deck. These pistons are roughly 100 yards in length. Taking off from an aircraft carrier, pilots say, is like getting a punch in the face. The combination of the catapaults and the planes afterburners get the plane to go from 0 to almost 300 km/h in just 2seconds.

Nimitz class.


There have been seven key stages in the development of aircraft Carrier designs and seven key carriers. At the heart of each vessel lies a major technology advance that allows them to increase in size.

source: Largest aircraft carrier in the world/Youtube

Cost: $4.5Billion.

Overall length: 1,092 ft (333 m).

Weight: 99,000 tons.

The pride of the American fleet, the most sophisticated warship ever built. Equipped with the most devastating firepower, The USS NIMITZ, the world's biggest aircraft carrier. She owns her success to a century of innovation in ship building.

The NIMITZ can cruise at over 55km an hour, sail for 20yrs without refuelling, can carry over 90 aircrafts and houses 6,000 men and women. She can detect threats at 500km away and launch a supersonic fighter jets every 20second to intercept them. She's a masterpiece of military engineering.

All of the most powerful navies in the world maintain their superiority using aircraft carriers. These rare beasts are extremely expensive and not every country with a fleet is able to afford them. They can cost several billion dollars each, but the value they provide is immense with them. A navy is able to project power far beyond a country's borders. Any major conflict between the world's superpowers is certain to involve these magnificient machines. They really are fascinating pieces of engineering. Just how fascinating? Without further ado, here are things you never knew about aircraft carriers.


http://m.mensxp.com/technology/reviews/10229-amazing-aircraft-carrier-facts-p1.html

http://www.kickassfacts.com/20-interesting-facts-about-aircraft-carriers/

This kids won't understand what this did to their brothers and sisters 16yrs back.

dominique

tk4rd:
If we are at number Sixty-Something,, then, there is Hope for us

That's 2011 output. With the current 2016 output, the country wil be very close to 200 or over on the list.

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This is a list of countries by electricity generation per year based on multiple.



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electricity_production?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C4124446094

nwaanambra1:
as u dey dub am na so u go dey at the edge of ur seat dey wait to pause before the DJ voice go interrupt the song and enter ur dubbing!!

words can never express ur pains after waiting for days and u finally get to dub the song only for the DJ's voice to keep interrupting ur dubbing!


explorers i swear u na confirm explorer u be! u r one member that i strongly feel Nairaland should start paying you for your wonderful and highly educative posts!

Funny thing, we were living fine then like nothing better will come.

When you're receiving a file from a friend with infrared and after waiting for almost 1hr at 99% "Not enough memory."

Amount of batteries you buy and burn daily, you go to school with it, carry it around the street in your hand but you can't run because it will skip.

Lending your friend a CD and getting it back all scratched.

Ravenna:
EXPLORERs! Wher av u been?!
I greet you bro.

i dey o bro.

That moment you borrowed porn(VHS) from school, getting home, no one at home, locking the door, inserting it and this comes up.

They won't understand what you passed through with this. When you have to push the reset button 20 times, remove the cd, clean it, blow it fix it back.

Having to buy an entire album 22 tracks for just 1 track.

Answering the phone without knowing who was calling.

What a dream, going to see the computer.

Growing up when your mum brushed your hair, she also brushed your ears, forehead and neck with this and you must not move.

They will never know the struggle of having to hit a button more than 3times to get one letter during.

They will never understand what it takes to record/download songs from this player's AM/FM by pressing play and record button at the same time.