English-French translations for aircraft carrier

porte-avionsPourquoi pas au moyen d'un porte-avions? What about an aircraft carrier? La crise libyenne a montré l'intérêt de posséder au large des côtes des zones en crise des porte-avions transportant des avions rapides. The Libyan crisis has shown the value of having aircraft carriers with fast jets stationed off crisis zones. Tout d'abord, nous devons nous rappeler que nous autres, au Parlement européen, nous ne disposons pas d'armée, d'avions, de bombes ou de porte-avions. Firstly, we must remember that we, in the European Parliament, do not dispose of armies, aeroplanes, bombs or aircraft carriers.

A warship designed to carry aircraft, serving as a seagoing air base, with a deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed

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