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Originally posted by Super_Dave_D
And your point is? I didnt say the US invented the thing - we just made it the best!
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Credit where it's due. The Brits also developed the angled deck, the arresting gear, the aircraft elevator, the jump-deck, and the catapult; pretty much everything that makes up a modern carrier other than nuclear propulsion. They also had metal decks when we were still using wood. The primary reason ours have become what they are is because the cost also evolved into something nobody else would accept.