Aircraft Carriers in Europe: From an Expensive Tradition to an Inexpensive Universality
... Diplomacy Maritime powers of Europe, which have or once have had classical attack aircraft carriers, are gradually abandoning this type of ship in favor of smaller, but... ... vessels. This process within the fleets of such major actors as the United Kingdom or France is either very painful or has not yet begun. Countries with more limited financial... ... while France – by the second half of the 2020s. Second, the rear echelon powers (Spain, Italy) are actually catching up, and in some respects even surpassing the leaders...
09.09.2013