short takeoff or vertical landing

Sections of road that can be used as runways in the event of combat could be a good way to preserve planes and air assets if attacks on airbases appear likely. Photo: iStock

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Asian states should look at ‘land-based aircraft carriers’

by Stephen Bryen July 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Standing on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush when it visited the port of Haifa in July 2017, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented: “We are here on a mighty aircraft carrier of the United States and a few miles from here, there is another mighty aircraft carrier of our common civilization – […]