Aircraft carriers constitute a key component of in great nations offensive and defensive strategies.
Since air power has always been an extremely vital part of any country’s National Security, these massive ships greatly extend the range of fighter and reconnaissance jets where land-based operations are not an option.
The last three letters of the catabar acronym refers to the barrier arrested recovery that allows leading aircraft to come to a complete stop with only the length of a football field to work with. Though it is technically part of the same system be arresting end of the katabar design utilizes a very different mechanism.
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