Aircraft Carriers in Europe: From an Expensive Tradition to an Inexpensive Universality

... Diplomacy Maritime powers of Europe, which have or once have had classical attack aircraft carriers, are gradually abandoning this type of ship in favor of smaller, but... ... vessels. This process within the fleets of such major actors as the United Kingdom or France is either very painful or has not yet begun. Countries with more limited financial... ... by a very small number of newly commissioned vessels of the same class. For example, Great Britain got rid of two of its three Invincible-class aircraft carriers: the lead...