USS
GERALD R FORD - DEFENCE & SECURITY
News: USS Gerald R Ford deployed to assist
Israel
What's
in the news?
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After a surprise attack on Israel by Hamas
escalated the decades long conflict in the region, US Defence Secretary Lloyd
Austin ordered the USS Gerald R Ford carrier strike group to sail to the
Eastern Mediterranean to assist Israel, if the need arose.
USS
Gerald R Ford:
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It is the world's largest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier built by the USA.
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The ship is named after the 38th President
of the US Gerald Ford to pay tribute to his lifetime of service to the nation
in the US Navy and the US government.
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USS Gerald R Ford size is equivalent to
size of about three football fields.
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It has two nuclear reactors on board that
can operate for up to 20 years without refuelling.
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It has an Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), replacing the steam
system used on earlier carriers and new electric motor-based Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) system
for faster and more efficient aircraft take-offs and landings.