Meaning of battlecarrier | Babel Free

Definitions

A hybrid between a battleship and an aircraft carrier, with both one or more heavy gun turrets and a large aircraft hangar and flight deck.

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“The larger issue⟳ is why are you doing this? If you are going to have⟳ a battlecarrier that's acting as your combat air patrol provider, that would suggest⟳ that your own⟳ carriers either can't provide⟳ it, or, you need⟳ to load⟳ your fleet carriers with as many strike⟳ aircraft as possible to hit the enemy as hard as possible, which means you're offloading the fighter duties to another ship. Which then raises the question⟳ of why are you doing that, and the only real answer⟳ for why you would do that instead of having a dedicated battleship and a dedicated aircraft carrier or two is that you're horribly outnumbered and you're looking to eke every last⟳ margin out of your fleet. And if you're that desperate, you have⟳ much, much larger issues to address than could possibly ever be solved by a battlecarrier carrying a squadron or two of fighters.”

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