From Gerald R Ford to INS Vikramaditya: A look at the world’s 10 biggest aircraft carriers

AI generated image Aircraft carriers are among the world’s most powerful naval assets, functioning as mobile airbases that allow nations to deploy fighter jets and helicopters far beyond their shores. Equipped with flight decks, control towers and hangars, the massive warships project military power, support combat and reconnaissance missions, and are also used for humanitarian and disaster-relief operations, making them key tools of modern naval strategy.Gerald R Ford Class The USS Gerald R Ford, the lead ship of a new class of US Navy aircraft carriers, is the most technologically advanced carrier ever deployed by the United States and the…