A post-1955 US term for the Forrestal-and-after large CATOBAR decks, later nuclear-powered. A political size as much as a tonnage. It abandoned CVA-01 and large CATOBAR for a period, used VTOL Invincible-class decks, then built Queen Elizabeth-class large decks -- a political arc, not a simple funeral.
A cyclical headline, like "tanks are dead." This page records the argument's history, not a 2026 verdict or a vulnerability cookbook. 1918-39 in From the North Sea experiments to the Pacific and later US forward presence: First decks. A memory map, not a present overlay.
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A post-1955 US term for the Forrestal-and-after large CATOBAR decks, later nuclear-powered. A political size as much as a tonnage. It abandoned CVA-01 and large CATOBAR for a period, used VTOL Invincible-class decks, then built Queen Elizabeth-class large decks -- a political arc, not a simple funeral.
A cyclical headline, like "tanks are dead." This page records the argument's history, not a 2026 verdict or a vulnerability cookbook. 1918-39 in From the North Sea experiments to the Pacific and later US forward presence: First decks. A memory map, not a present overlay.
1940-45 in From the North Sea experiments to the Pacific and later US forward presence: Taranto to Tokyo Bay. A memory map, not a present overlay. 1946-75 in From the North Sea experiments to the Pacific and later US forward presence: US type as diplomacy. A memory map, not a present overlay.
1976-91 in From the North Sea experiments to the Pacific and later US forward presence: Nimitz-class political object. A memory map, not a present overlay. After 1991 in From the North Sea experiments to the Pacific and later US forward presence: China, India, UK return -- dated openly. A memory map, not a present overlay.
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