Hudson Institute: Aircraft carrier is best option to meet emerging threats

In a study by Hudson Institute on the usefulness of building new large aircraft carriers, the three co-authors concluded that large, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are the best option to deal with the emerging threat environment.

US Navy 030725-N-0610T-050 USS Ronald Reagan (CV 76) passes the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) as Reagan steams through the Atlantic Ocean for the first time as a commissioned ship
By U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class James Thierry. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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USS Theodore Roosevelt to join Indian, Japanese warships for exercise in Bay of Bengal

USS Theodore Roosevelt will participate in Exercise Malabar in the Bay of Bengal starting from Oct. 14. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier will be joined by warships from India and Japan.

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting sea trials Aug. 27, 2013, in the Atlantic Ocean 130827-N-ED185-006
By MC2 Brian G. Reynolds [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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