I’ve seen the Pearl Harbor movie where they make a big deal of taking weight off the planes because the ship’s runway is just too short. Why can’t they just be longer? Or was just that because they lacked the time during ww2?
It seems like the problem still exists today and i just don’t get how a massive ship would be affected by a longer runway. Maybe make it telescoping like a firetruck’s ladder so it can be retracted during bad weather.
What’s the limiting factor here?
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I see alot of good answers here but most people neglected two of the most important characteristics a naval ship needs. Speed and maneuverability.
If an enemy ship or submarine launches surface to surface missiles or anti ship torpedos, that carrier must be able to manuever to try to avoid that inbound weapon fired at it.
There are reasons that aircraft carriers are pretty safe. 1 i will mention is that the carriers are very fast. They can actually outrun some older model torpedoes. And they are also capable of conducting evasive maneuvering.
If you made the carrier significantly longer – you would give up some combination of speed and maneuverability which would make it more vulnerable to enemy attack.
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