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Retiring USS Nimitz forces a harder question: Can carriers still disappear?

The central challenge for a modern aircraft carrier is no longer reaching the fight. It is avoiding a targeting network long enough to matter once it gets there. That is what makes USS Nimitz more ...
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Building a 23-foot USS Nimitz model – 32 planes & working catapult

Watch the incredible process of constructing a massive 23-foot USS Nimitz model, complete with 32 detailed aircraft and a fully functional catapult. A dream project for model enthusiasts! #USSNimitz ...
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‘Nimitz Gap’ debate clouds Navy’s decision to retire oldest carrier

BREMERTON, Wash. — The USS Nimitz sits in Sinclair Inlet, west of Seattle, its flight deck empty of aircraft and its hull showing scrapes and rust from its last official deployment across the Pacific ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

San Diego se despide del USS Nimitz, el portaaviones más emblemático de la Armada, que pone fin a 50 años de servicio

Como ocurre con muchas historias de la Armada, los detalles son objeto de debate. Pero Jere Cordell, de San Diego, jura que el imponente portaaviones USS Nimitz ganó una carrera improvisada contra ...