12 latest aircraft carriers in the world: How many cars does Asia occupy?

The world currently has 20 carriers serving in 9 different countries, 5 of which are building many new vessels and will put them into use in the next few decades.

The United States, Britain, China, India and Italy are either in the process of new construction, or are in the final planning stage.

Carrier carriers of fixed-wing aircraft, smaller-sized helicopters are also being built and can be upgraded to transport aircraft such as the F-35B, which is capable of vertical storage and landing ( VTOL).

1. USS Gerald R. Ford

An F / A-18F Super Hornet is about to land at TSB USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78 ).

USS Gerald R. Ford was started in November 2009, completed in October 2013 and began operating in July 2017. This is the pioneer ship of the USS Gerald R. Ford class and the first of 10 new US carriers.

USS Gerald R. Ford has applied many new technologies such as the electromagnetic discharge system (EMALS), replacing the steam engine launch system that is equipped for current carriers.

At 337 meters in length, Ford is expected to transport more than 75 aircraft, most of which will be variants of the F-35. However, due to technical and transfer issues, it is likely that Ford will not be able to equip the F-35, at least until the end of 2018.

Recently, the US tested the take-off and landing of the Super Hornet F / A-18F on Ford's deck. As planned, the USS Gerald R. Ford will be fully operational and staffed for the US Navy by 2022.

2. USS John F. Kennedy

US John John Kennedy (CVN 79) is being built at Huntington Ingalls shipyard in Newport News, Virginia on June 22, 2017.

USS John F. Kennedy is the second Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier to the US Navy. As of June 2017, shipbuilding has completed 50%.

Kennedy is currently being stationed at Huntington Ingalls Industrial Complex in Newport News, Virginia. Initially, the aircraft carrier was expected to be completed in 2018, but it faced many problems during the closing process, mainly arising from the high cost of Gerald R. Ford when being capitalized at over 22%, breaking the 12.8 billion mark in 2008.

The US Government Auditing Agency (GAO) has proposed to postpone the time to bring the ship into use in 2013, to retreat to 2020.

3. USS Enterprise

USS Enterprise graphics graphic carrier.

USS Enterprise is the third Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier currently being built. The first steel plate was cut during the ceremony held in August 2017 by sponsors of the ship, two Olympic athletes Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles.

Enterprise will be the 9th ship of the US Navy named after this. Previously was the first US nuclear powered carrier and was decommissioned in February 2017.

Like Ford and Kennedy, the Enterprise expects to ship more than 75 aircraft.

4. HMS Queen Elizabeth

HMS Queen Elizabet crosses the Morocco coast to Gibraltar on February 9, 2018.

Introduced in 2017, HMS Queen Elizabeth is the latest Royal Navy carrier and is also the country's only active carrier.

Queen Elizabeth is quite unique compared to other carriers in the world because there are 2 command towers, one side avoids sea operations and another is for air missions.

With a length of 284 m, Queen Elizabeth is expected to have a capacity of 40 aircraft, of which the F-35 fighter will play a pivotal role. Under the plan, Queen Elizabeth is also equipped with Chinook helicopters, Apache AH MK1, AW101 Merlin transport helicopters, AW159 Wildcat anti-submarine helicopters.

Queen Elizabeth first visited foreign ports in February 2018 when she visited Gibraltar.

5. HMS Prince of Wales

HMS Prince of Wales at the naming ceremony at workshop Rosyth, Scotland in September 2017.

HMS Prince of Wales is the second British Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier currently stationed at Rosyth Shipyard in Scotland and will also become the second British carrier after finishing.

Prince of Wales was officially named during the ceremony in September 2017 with the presence of the current Prince of Wales - Prince Charles and his wife Camilla.

In December 2017, Prince of Wales left the factory for the first time and was moved to the jetty to install equipment and control systems.

Shipbuilding of Prince of Wales has been basically completed and is expected to be tested in 2019 and officially handed over to the Royal Navy in 2020.

6. Liaoning

Liaoning airport aircraft on 11/72017.

Liaoning is the first capable naval aircraft carrier of the Chinese Navy. Before that, the country used to buy some aircraft carriers but it was for casino or museum. It was not until the purchase of the unfinished Soviet aircraft carrier in 1998 that China actually started the aircraft carrier program.

Liaoning is 304 meters long, has an air squadron of 26 Shenyang J-15 multi-purpose fighters, 12 Changhe Z-18 transport / anti-submarine helicopters and two Harbin Z-9 multitasking helicopters.

Launched in 2012 and despite being a fully functional aircraft carrier, Liaoning is still classified as a training ship to help the Chinese Navy familiarize itself with aircraft carrier operations.

7. Type 001A

Type 001A at Dalian port in 2017.

Type 001A is China's first domestic manufacturing aircraft carrier. It began to close shortly after Liaoning was put into use and there were some improvements compared to its predecessor bought from the Soviet Union. Most notably, Type 001A has a total length of 315 m and is expected to carry 48 aircraft.

It is not known how Type 001A will be named but according to some sources, it will be called Shandong (Shandong). Type 001A is being installed equipment at a Chinese Navy port in Dalian and is expected to be delivered around 2020.

8. Type 002

China's first carrier at Dalian port in 2012.

Type 002 will be China's second inland carrier and the third to join the Navy. It was started in 2015 and is expected to make a big breakthrough for China's aircraft ambitions.

Type 002 will run on nuclear power, thereby helping China become the only third country in the world to own carriers powered by nuclear engines after the US and France.

Type 002 will also be equipped with an electromagnetic discharge system (EMALS), which allows it to launch more types of aircraft, instead of just J-15, the only type of fighter that can launch from the first two carriers. of China. In fact, Beijing has declared its future carriers equipped with stealth fighter J-31 or J-20.

China publicly expressed its intention to accelerate the development of Type 002 to make it a "blue water navy" in 2015.

9. INS Vikramaditya

INS Vikramaditya is 283m long and can carry a total of 36 aircraft.

INS Vikramaditya is currently the only Indian carrier after the country eliminates the margins of the INS Viraat in early 2017.

As a modified Kiev class aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya was originally built for the Soviet Navy in 1982 and had two names: Baku from 1987 to 1991 and Admiral Gorshkov from 1991 to 1996.

After much modernization efforts, the aircraft carrier was put on the payroll for the Indian Navy in 2013.

Vikramaditya is 283m long, can carry a total of 36 aircraft: 26 MiG-29K and 10 Kamov Ka-31, Ka-28 helicopters.

10. INS Vikrant

Vikrant on June 10, 2015.

INS Vikrant is the first carrier built inland by India and is the first ship of the Indian Navy to be completely built in domestic steel.

INS Vikrant was ordered in 2004 and started to start in 2009. It is shorter in size than Vikramaditya, with only 262 meters in length. The aircraft carrier is believed to be able to carry between 30 and 40 aircraft, mostly MiG-29K and helicopters.

Vikrant was the cause of much controversy in India. It has been delayed several times and overspending the budget but is expected to begin two years of trial in late 2018. According to the plan, Vikrant will be put into use in 2020.

11. Trieste

Model Trieste at a naval exhibition in Paris in 2016.

Trieste will be Italy's third carrier after Giuseppe Garibaldi and Cavour. Trieste is not a traditional carrier, but a helicopter amphibious ship, more similar to the US Navy class America amphibious assault ship.

Trieste's total length is 245m, shorter than America. It can carry 12 planes, probably AgustaWestland AW101 or NHIndustries NH90.

However, the Italian Navy can equip a small number of F-35B fighters, a vertical takeoff variant (VTOL) of the F-35. Trieste is expected to be launched in 2019 and put into use in 2022.

12. ROKS Marado

A US helicopter SH-60F Sea Hawk flies on a Dokdo class amphibious assault ship on July 27, 2010.

Like Trieste, South Korea's ROKS Marado is an amphibious assault vessel, which was launched in April 2017 and is expected to launch after only one year in April 2018.

According to the current plan, Morado will be put into use in 2020, becoming the second Korean Dokdo class amphibious assault ship after the ship KOKS Dokdo to be staffed in July 2007.

With a length of 199 m, Morado can transport 10 helicopters such as UH-1H, UH-60P or Westland Super Lynx. However, like Italy, Korea also argued about equipping the F-35B with this lander.