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aircraft-carrier

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  • Charles de Gaulle aircraft-carrier, which is on duty off Libya, for posting comments on the carrier's blog that were sapping morale.

    The Economist: Daily news and views 2011

  • When Perry got back to Washington he briefed Clinton on the meeting, then ordered a navy aircraft-carrier task force into the waters east of Taiwan—one of the largest military fleets in the world.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • When Perry got back to Washington he briefed Clinton on the meeting, then ordered a navy aircraft-carrier task force into the waters east of Taiwan—one of the largest military fleets in the world.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • When Perry got back to Washington he briefed Clinton on the meeting, then ordered a navy aircraft-carrier task force into the waters east of Taiwan—one of the largest military fleets in the world.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • The military-industrial complex would, in these years, be further embedded in the warp and woof of American life; the military expanded and privatized which meant being firmly embraced by crony corporations and hire-a-gun outfits of every sort; and the American “global presence” -- from military bases to aircraft-carrier task forces -- enhanced until, however briefly, the United States became a military presence unique in the annals of history.

    Tom Engelhardt: The Urge to Surge: Washington's 30-Year High Tom Engelhardt 2011

  • For instance, the U.S. Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft-carrier battle groups.

    Cyber Warriors 2010

  • Never mind that the jet is not unlike the F-22, a relatively useless fighter in the U.S. arsenal, and is still years away from production; never mind that the man who garnered headlines for the aircraft-carrier story, Admiral Robert Willard, the alarmist chief of the U.S.

    Nick Turse: Overkill: Future Weapons, Future Wars, and the New Arms Race Nick Turse 2011

  • For instance, the U.S. Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft-carrier battle groups.

    Cyber Warriors 2010

  • Never mind that the jet is not unlike the F-22, a relatively useless fighter in the U.S. arsenal, and is still years away from production; never mind that the man who garnered headlines for the aircraft-carrier story, Admiral Robert Willard, the alarmist chief of the U.S.

    Nick Turse: Overkill: Future Weapons, Future Wars, and the New Arms Race Nick Turse 2011

  • The Navy, for example, has experimented with biofuel-powered F-18 fighter jets and is developing the "Great Green Fleet," an aircraft-carrier strike group that will be powered exclusively by alternative fuels and aims to ship out by 2016.

    Pentagon's First Energy Plan Keith Johnson 2011

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