Aircraft Carrier Strength by Country (2020) Military Power Comparison

An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a sea-based air force base. It is also equipped with C-RAM and a flight deck on which military aircraft and suitable supply aircraft can take off and land. It also contains infrastructure for the transport, repair, arming and disarming of military aircraft as well as for the protection of the aircraft carrier. Each of the aircraft carriers in use today normally forms the core of a carrier combat group. With their help, a state can act militarily worldwide, even without maintaining bases in the conflict area. Modern large aircraft carriers (fleet aircraft carriers) with a displacement of over 75,000 tn.l. are sometimes also called "Supercarriers".