aircraft carrier
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Reporting on claims circulating online that a U.S. aircraft carrier had been destroyed in an Iranian attack.
From Salon
On 14 March, France's foreign ministry said the country's aircraft carrier strike group remained deployed in the Eastern Mediterranean, and its mission remained "defensive".
From BBC
British sources also point out that aircraft carriers provide a runway where there otherwise wouldn't be one, but the UK has exactly that on land nearby - at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.
From BBC
French President Emmanuel Macron has sent eight frigates, two amphibious helicopter carriers and an aircraft carrier to the region and said some ships would be deployed near the Strait of Hormuz.
This is provided in part by polluting diesel generators, even if most larger aircraft carriers are nuclear powered, an energy source that produces far less emissions than fossil fuels.
From Barron's
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