Can aircraft carriers deploy or carry stealth bombers and which ones?
aircraft carriers not carry aircraft designated bombers, except rare exceptions in history. carriers come in different configurations operated navies, not air forces, , carry fighter, attack, electronic countermeasure, , airborne command post aircraft, , of course helicopters well. typical navy carrier-based aircraft, such s-3 viking or f/a-18 named reason..."s" means surveillance, , "f/a" mean airplane's primary mission fighter/attack aircraft. may able carry nuclear munitions, not of number or size bomber can carry. b-52, b-1, , b-2 stealth aircraft are...yes..."b" bombers. none of these ever carried aboard aircraft carrier because big. b-2 has 172 foot wingspan, can weigh 330,000 pounds on takeoff, , can carry 80 non-nuc or 16 nuclear bombs. doesn't need ship carry it, anyway. can fly 5000 miles it's target without refueling. fighter aircraft might have 20% of range, without refueling.
if not, bombers can deploy/carry? size limit or weight limit airplane aboard? usual fighter bomber ratio aboard?
realize size of ship determine try specific possible. links welcome.
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