A carrier needs major power generation, whether supplied by nuclear reactors or gas turbines, together with the equipment and people needed to maintain it. Radio communications and fighter-control facilities add functions that a shore establishment might distribute across several locations. Food, medical care, and accommodation support a community of roughly two thousand in the example, with about ninety days of provisions. All these facilities must fit into a self-propelled hull with aircraft operating from its upper deck.
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A carrier needs power, communications, and a self-contained community
Power generation, radar control, accommodation, and ninety days of provisions all have to fit alongside the aircraft and their support facilities.