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Aircraft Carrier
a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering aircraft, acting as a seagoing airbase
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Amphibious Warfare Type Ships
All Ships having organic capability for amphibious assault and characteristics long duration operations on the high seas
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Support Type Ships
A grouping of ships designed to operate in the open ocean in a variety of sea states to provide general support to either combatant forces or shore based establishments. (Includes smaller auxiliaries which by the nature of their duties, leave inshore waters)
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Surface Combatant Type
Large, heavily armed, surface ships that are designed primarily to engage enemy forces on the high seas
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Fighter aircraft
a fixed-wing aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft
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Attack/Bomber aircraft
a rotary-wing aircraft designed to attack ground and sea targets, by dropping bombs on them, or, by launching cruise missiles at them
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Cargo aircraft
a fixed-wing aircraft designed or converted for the carriage of goods, rather than passengers
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Patrol aircraft
a fixed-wing aircraft designed to operate for long duration's over water in maritime patrol roles - in particular anti-submarine, anti-ship and search and rescue
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Helicopter
a type of roto-craft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine driven rotors
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