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• Photo: Costa Concordia and Cavour aircraft carrier at Civitavecchia harbor

  
  David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog — Authority: 114
  In the last few days, after the Costa Concordia ran aground at Isola del Giglio on Jan. 13, media all around the world have published statistics to give readers an idea of the size of ill-fated ship. For instance, some reported that the empty ship weighted as 110 Boeing B747s (which version?) while others said ...
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• Are Airstrikes Imminent in Iran?

  
  Reflections of a Rational Republican — Authority: 409
  According to Stratfor , a routine rotation of American aircraft carriers could place three carrier strike groups in the vicinity of the Persian Gulf; a fourth carrier strike group in Japan is within a week’s sailing distance. This suspicious-looking placement of about thirty-six percent of America’s carriers ...
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• New Navy budgets may sink plans for aircraft carriers

  
  InvestmentWatch: Emerging markets, Real Estate, Personal finance, Business management, Politics, Economics — Authority: 148
    From Washington Times: On the surface, the Navy’s cherished fleet of 11 active aircraft carriers seems safe from President Obama’s budget slashers. Conventional wisdom says the requirement to cut $488 billion from the Pentagon within 10 years will not necessitate banishing a single carrier because the ...
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• New British jets can’t land on aircraft carriers

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  London, Jan 16 (IANS) Fifty new fighter jets bought by Britain from US at a cost of five billion pounds (over $7 billion) cannot land on aircraft carriers because of a faulty hook that snags the war planes.The 50 Joint Strike Fighter jets were bought by the Royal Navy from US defence contractor [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Shrinking Americas Aircraft Carrier Fleet

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 444
  Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). World Military Forum New Navy Budgets May Sink Plans For Carriers -- Washington Times Fight is on to save flattop fleet. On the surface, the Navy’s cherished fleet of 11 active aircraft carriers seems safe from President Obama’s budget ...
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• Navy’s state of the art fighter jet can’t even land on aircraft carriers

  
  InvestmentWatch: Emerging markets, Real Estate, Personal finance, Business management, Politics, Economics — Authority: 148
  A new fighter plane which is to be used by the UK and U.S. military has a design flaw which prevents it from landing on aircraft carriers, it has emerged. The flaw in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will come as a huge embarrassment to the Royal Navy which is expected to take delivery of 50 of the planes by 2020 at a ...
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• Budget Woes Could Sink Future Navy Plan

  
  Danger Room — Authority: 731
  Flattening budgets could scuttle the Navy’s plan to boost its combat fleet from today’s 285 warships to 313. But don’t panic. Far from resulting in a “hollowing” of the Navy , as GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney has claimed, the funding cuts will most likely produce a future Navy that’s about ...
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• This Aircraft Carrier Is The Worlds Most Expensive Parking Lot [Boatlopnik]

  
  Jalopnik — Authority: 733
  What youre looking at is the deck of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan covered in the vehicles of Navy Sailors heading to Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington. At a cost of about $4.5 billion this is probably the worlds most expensive parking lot. More »
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• U.S. military moves carriers, denies Iran link

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 120
  U.S. military moves carriers, denies Iran link January 12, 2012 Print Version Source: Reuters The U.S. military said on Wednesday that a new aircraft carrier strike group had arrived in the Arabian Sea and that another was on its way to the region, but denied any link to recent tensions with Iran and ...
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• From Greece with love: Russia’s aircraft carrier flight ops in the Mediterranean sea

  
  David Cenciotti's weblog - the most visited Italian Aviation Blog — Authority: 114
  If the Chinese aircraft carrier Varyag , serving as a testbed for the development China’s future naval aviation, is far from being a factor, Russia’s flagship Admiral Kuznetsov, a “heavy aircraft-carrying missile cruiser”, equipped with an air wing of Sukhoi Su-33s and a dozen long-range anti-ship missiles ...
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• Three US Warships To Patrol Waters Near Strait of Hormuz

  
  InvestmentWatch: Emerging markets, Real Estate, Personal finance, Business management, Politics, Economics — Authority: 148
  
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