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. Carriers have evolved since their inception in the early twentieth century from wooden vessels used to deploy balloons to nuclear-powered warships that carry numerous fighters, strike aircraft, helicopters, and other types of aircraft. While heavier aircraft such as fixed-wing gunships and bombers have been launched from aircraft carriers, it is currently not possible to land them Other videos you might like: This is America's E-6 Mercury ► https://youtu.be/ZZRH-k4TUuQ Why America's Enemies Feared the P-47 ► https://youtu.be/bYssexVvggA America's Crazy Flying Aircraft Carrier ► https://youtu.be/EgbgIOThb4E ? SUBSCRIBE TO US ► https://www.youtube.com/c/USMilitaryNewsMN?sub_confirmation=1 Thank You ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyyUO4qBfX8

Retired in April 2015, the U.S. Navy’s two X-47B, known by their call signs as Salty Dog 501 and Salty Dog 502, represent the most significant progress in Unmanned Combat Aerial Systems to date. Among their numerous achievements, the X-47B was the first drone to land on an aircraft carrier and refuel in midair autonomously. Six years since the X-47B began development, Northrop Grumman finally received a contract to build two X-47Bs; in that time, military drones had become much more prominent as a result of the success of the MQ-1 Predator, and MQ-9 Reapers in Afghanistan and Iraq. Though development costs were quite significant, reaching nearly $1.5 billion by 2015, the program meshed well with evolving Navy requirements. Other videos you might like: https://youtu.be/eGFxLxnJO3M https://youtu.be/_1evNLjKTcc https://youtu.be/kg7_DzjiKio Thank You ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAhLPvaHZ4U

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The Virginia class is a class of nuclear-powered cruise missile fast-attack submarines, currently in the military service in the United States Navy. Designed by the General Dynamics's Electric Boat and the Huntington Ingalls Industries, the Virginia-class submarines are the American Navy's latest undersea warfare platform which incorporates the latest in stealth, intelligence gathering and weapons systems technology. Other videos you might like: AGM-65 Maverick Missile ► https://youtu.be/H6FkyaXKJGk Why America's F-22s, F-35s and B-2 Bombers can't be Stopped ► https://youtu.be/z8dLQB6KVmA How to Beat Russia's S-400 ► https://youtu.be/LRw5nLTCCHQ ? SUBSCRIBE TO US ► https://www.youtube.com/c/USMilitaryNewsMN?sub_confirmation=1 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9zrcSCrbwk