Invincible (aircraft carrier)

Japanese: インビンシブル(空母) - いんびんしぶる
Invincible (aircraft carrier)

After World War II, no country could possess a mobile naval force capable of competing with the overwhelming US Navy's aircraft carrier force. In addition, the number of aircraft carriers possessed by countries other than the US gradually decreased due to the enormous cost of maintaining and repairing aircraft carriers. However, in the 1970s, the US and the UK came up with the idea of ​​effectively achieving sea control by deploying a large number of cheaper smaller aircraft carriers, since even a large aircraft carrier has a natural limit to the area that it can control. In 1980, the UK completed the Invincible (approximately 20,000 tons), a full-deck cruiser equipped with the V/STOL aircraft BAe Harrier, and it has attracted attention as a new concept of light aircraft carrier. The US has not yet reached a conclusion on the cost-effectiveness of this type of sea control ship in comparison with a large aircraft carrier.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…第2次大戦後はもはや圧倒的なアメリカ海軍空母部隊に対抗して洋上機動兵力を保有できる国はなくなり,加うるに空母の維持整備には莫大な経費がかかることからアメリカ以外では空母の保有隻数はしだいに減少していった。しかし70年代になってアメリカおよびイギリスにおいて,大型空母といえども1隻が支配しうる海域にはおのずから限度があり,より安価な小型空母を多数配備することにより効果的に制海目的を達成しようとする構想が生まれ,80年にイギリスはV/STOL機BAeハリアーを搭載する全通甲板型巡洋艦インビンシブルInvincible(約2万トン)を完成させ,新しい概念の軽空母として注目されている。アメリカはこの種の制海艦については,大型空母との対比において費用対効果の面でまだ結論を出すに至っていない。…

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