Amphibious military aircrafts open up new opportunities such as a twin-hull navy carrier. Two parallel hulls provide stability and buoyancy. This design offers several advantages, including reduced rolling motion, increased deck space, and shallower draft, making them suitable for various water environments. More importantly the openings between the hulls create a protected waterway. This waterway would be used to launch and recover amphibious planes safely during bad weathers compared to a classical aircraft carrier.
Unlike the restrictions of an aircraft carrier on which planes it can handle. The twin-hull carrier can accommodate amphibious turboprops, cargo and tanker aircrafts. This design flexibility adds aerial superiority to the next generation of navy carriers compared to the existing designs.
The protected waterway also doubles as a kind of ‘well deck’ to supply and conduct maintenance work on small navy ships including the submarines.
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