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Cities at Sea: How Aircraft Carriers Work
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[1] https://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/18/how-many-people-live-near-the
[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20180906195559/http://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_CVN_68_5151.HTML
[3] https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/cdg-design.htm; http://www.parisaeroport.fr/docs/default-source/groupe-fichiers/presse/cp_janvier-mars-2017/fr-cp-trafic-decembre-2016.pdf?sfvrsn=2
[4] https://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/carriers/powerhouse/cvbg.asp
[5] https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/how-the-worlds-first-nuclear-powered-aircraft-carrier-19491
[6] https://web.archive.org/web/20120119091625/http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/The-Fleet/Ships/Future-Ships/Queen-Elizabeth-Class/Facts-and-Figures
[7] https://nimitznews.wordpress.com/2017/02/15/sail-mail-the-nimitz-post-office/
[8] https://www.embraercommercialaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Embraer_spec_145_web.pdf
[9] https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/step-aboard-nimitz-class-aircraft-carrier-reason-why-us-navy-unstoppable-25356
[10] https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a24409627/aircraft-carrier-obsolete/Animation by Josh Sherrington and Jorrit van Ginnkel (http://createjor.nl)
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