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Power Projection Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 7 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Power Projection, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

7 weapon systems

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsNimitz-class aircraft carrierNuclear-powered aircraft carrierSide: United StatesBuilt: Newport News Shipbuilding Co. / United StatesThe Nimitz class is the U.S. Navy's long-serving nuclear-powered supercarrier family, built for sustained carrier air warfare, sea control, and forward presence. In the United States-Iran Conflict archive, the class appears through USS Abraham Lincoln's Operation Epic Fury deployment in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, showing how carrier aviation supports maritime security and strike operations near Iran.

Type 075 / Yushen-class landing helicopter dock, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious assault ship or landing helicopter dock class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsType 075 / Yushen-class landing helicopter dockChinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious assault ship or landing helicopter dock classSide: UnknownBuilt: Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding / China State Shipbuilding Corporation / ChinaThe Type 075, also known as the Yushen-class, is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious assault ship class built for helicopter aviation, amphibious lift, and expeditionary force projection. Open-source references describe the class as a Hudong-Zhonghua-built landing helicopter dock with a large flight deck, a well deck for landing craft, and service beginning with Hainan's commissioning in April 2021.

Type 003 Fujian aircraft carrier, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy CATOBAR aircraft carrier with electromagnetic catapults, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsType 003 Fujian aircraft carrierChinese People's Liberation Army Navy CATOBAR aircraft carrier with electromagnetic catapultsSide: UnknownBuilt: Jiangnan Shipyard / ChinaType 003 Fujian is the People's Liberation Army Navy's first indigenous aircraft carrier design and China's first carrier built for CATOBAR operations with electromagnetic catapults. Built by Jiangnan Shipyard, it moved through sea trials beginning in 2024 and represents the PLAN's shift from ski-jump carrier aviation toward heavier aircraft launch and recovery operations.

Type 002 Shandong aircraft carrier, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy ski-jump aircraft carrier, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsType 002 Shandong aircraft carrierChinese People's Liberation Army Navy ski-jump aircraft carrierSide: UnknownBuilt: Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company / ChinaThe Type 002 Shandong is China's first domestically built aircraft carrier and the PLAN's second operational carrier. It uses a STOBAR ski-jump layout, was launched in April 2017, and was commissioned at Sanya on 17 December 2019 as hull number CV-17.

Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier, Heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser / STOBAR aircraft carrier, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsKuznetsov-class aircraft carrierHeavy aircraft-carrying cruiser / STOBAR aircraft carrierSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Black Sea Shipyard / Soviet UnionThe Kuznetsov class is Russia's heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser family, built at the Black Sea Shipyard in Mykolaiv for ski-jump STOBAR carrier operations. Its lead ship, Admiral Kuznetsov, was Russia's sole aircraft carrier when it deployed to the eastern Mediterranean and launched strikes in Syria in 2016.

Mistral-class landing helicopter dock, Landing helicopter dock, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsMistral-class landing helicopter dockLanding helicopter dockSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Naval Group / FranceThe Mistral class is a French landing helicopter dock family built around amphibious lift, command spaces, and hospital support for force projection and evacuation missions. Naval Group describes the class as a multipurpose power-and-force-projection asset for amphibious, joint, and no-combatant assistance operations, while established reference sources list 199 m length, 32 m beam, and 21,300-ton full-load displacement.

Charles de Gaulle, Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsCharles de GaulleNuclear-powered aircraft carrierSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Naval Group / FranceCharles de Gaulle is France's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, built by Naval Group and commissioned in 2001. It was the first French aircraft carrier equipped with nuclear propulsion and remains the only nuclear-powered carrier built outside the United States.