Floating fighter jets
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Cutting through the ocean after a joint air defence exercise, the USS Harry S. Truman carrier ship is ferrying a fleet of military aircraft. With the capacity to carry up to 85 fighter jets, this maritime beast has a 4.5-acre flight deck and displaces around 100,000 tonnes of water with a full load. Two nuclear reactors act as the ship’s propulsion system, driving its four main engines to reach speeds of over 30 knots, equivalent to
34.5 miles per hour.