The paper considers the “Cold War” context of the U.S. and Soviet Navy development, describes tactical and technical characteristics of aircraft carriers. It is noted that during the World War II, the U.S.A. gained considerable experience in construction and exploitation of aircraft carriers, including installment of nuclear reactors on ships of that class.
flot, avianosec, avianesuschiy kreyser, palubnaya aviaciya, «holodnaya voyna», yadernoe oruzhie, morskaya derzhava
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