aircraft
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Navy has deployed two aircraft carriers External link to the Gulf region.
From Barron's
In Tuesday’s statement, both the U.S. and the Philippines reiterated their commitment to the mutual-defense treaty, saying that the pact extended to armed attacks against either country’s forces, aircraft and vessels.
The Pentagon last week redeployed the Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, from the Caribbean and sent it toward the Middle East.
Energy Information Administration estimates that there are enough engines in retired military aircraft to convert to as much as 40 GW of power generating capacity, though this figure is very theoretical.
Under the circumstances, sending America’s largest aircraft carrier to the Middle East makes a lot of sense.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
