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		| Originally posted by ltl/fb You can just fly a fucking roundtrip halfway around the world?  Without landing?  Why?  Why?  Why?  Do we no longer need aircraft carriers?
 
 I suppose I could, like, research this or find an expert or something.
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 This is a justification for closing a lot of the U.S. airbases around the world.  If I recall correctly, a number of bombing missions on Baghdad were launched from U.S. Bases.
And Aircraft carriers are for the smaller fighter fighter/bomber planes.