10 Biggest Battleships in the worls (Military Episodes-3)

1. Brazilian Clemenceau Class Aircraft Carrier

The BNS Sao Paulo was a French carrier which was bought by the Brazil. This ship can carry 39 aircrafts in total.

2. Chinese Liaoning Class Aircraft Carrier

This Chinese modified carrier was an Admiral Kuznetsov class carrier of Soviet Navy. It can carry 30 aircrafts. It is mainly used for training the Navy & considered just for defense purpose only.

3. French Carrier Charles De Gaulle Class

This is the only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier battleship outside the US & run by French Navy. It can carry 40 aircrafts & its Uranium rods are designed to lasts more than 20 years before they need replacements. This carrier has been used extensively by NATO for many important assignments around the world.

4. Indian Modified- Kiev Class INS Vikramaditya

This one was belonged to the Soviet Navy. It can carry 36 aircrafts & cost 2.35 billion dollar including repairs & major upgradation.

5. Japanese Izumo Class

Japan has an entirely functioning carrier at their disposal but it can only carry anti submarine & anti-ship weaponry because Japanese constitution doesn’t allow to carry any attack weapons. It can carry 14 helicopters & hundreds of soldiers as well for instant deployment. It costs around 1.2 billion dollars & Japan intends to build another to oppose the threat of China’s expansive submarine threats.

6. Russian Kirov-Class Cruiser

The only non carrier in this entire list This is a speedy nuclear powered ship of the Russian Navy. Its sole purpose is to lightning fast offensive missions. It costs around 2 billion us dollar & total of three were made out of which only one is now in operational.

7. Russian Admiral Kuznetsov Class Carrier

Russia’s Admiral Kuznetsov class carrier which can carry around 30 aircrafts & is equipped with both strong defensive & offensive equipments. Currently  it is the only aircraft carrier in service with the Russian military as others have been sold to China & India long ago.

8. US Wasp Class Carrier/Amphibian Assault Ships

US Navy has biggest arsenal of aircraft carriers. They have more carrier than the rest of the world put together & the bigger ones like US Nimitz Class are almost double as the size of a normal carriers. So the smaller ones like these warship are called amphibious assault ships instead of carriers. They cost 750 million dollars & can carry two thousand Marines along with one thousand crew members. It can also carry dozens of planes & helicopters. This class of ship is actually an aircraft carrier in every way but the multiple utility has made the US Navy change its name.

9. US America Class Amphibious Assault Ships

A bigger version of the US Warship Class carriers. They can carry bigger aircraft onboard & carry tanks, artillery & more troops to deploy at any time needed. It costs 3.4 billion dollars each.

10. US Nimitz Class Carriers

This is the largest kind of warship of all time. This nuclear-powered US Nimitz Class is a ship which is simply a force to be reckoning with. It can carry around a hundred aircrafts & the longest warships ever made for being a little over thousands feet long. This can carry thousands of crew members, Marines, pilots & even high command onboard. Their rods can serve for almost 50 years & then they will be decommissioned. This costs 4.5 billion dollars back in the 1980s & 1990s. They will eventually be replaced in future by Gerald R. Ford Class carriers that will be almost same in size but will cost around 12 billion dollar.

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