The Izumo and the Kaga, Japan’s Helicopter carriers Newsline
Popular Mechanics: Japan’s Ships May Carry Fighter Jets, But Don’t Call Them Carriers
The ships would be called “multi-purpose operational mother ships.”
The Japanese government is considering a bold plan: converting its largest ships to carry the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in order to shore up a key defense vulnerability. The country’s use of aircraft carriers during World War II, however, has made loathe to actually use the phrase “aircraft carrier,” instead preferring the term “multi-purpose operational mother ship”.
In the early years of World War II, Japan had the largest and most power aircraft carrier fleet in the world. An island nation bereft of natural resources, Japan needed to procure them abroad, making a powerful navy vitally important. Japan’s carrier force swept across the Pacific, bombing China, attacking Australia, and infamously the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor.
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WNU Editor: They can call it want they want .... but everyone knows that these will be mini-carriers.
