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Answer: Because if those were still legitimate issues then all modern carriers.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest Why do aircraft carriers have Islands? James Pearl 111.5k views Because if those were still legitimate issues then all modern carriers would look like the USS Langley from 1920 (the US's FIRST carrier) or even the IJN Ryujo from WW2! Ho...  Read More » Was Italy more of a burden than an asset for Nazi Germany during World War 2? Bryce Kroll, WW2 Enthusiast 9.5k views Italy isn’t a burden, they’re just useless. Italy had one job, ONE JOB, and that was to take north Africa from the British and Montgomery, they struggled to even take Ethiop...  Read More » From a recent session What is Hillary Clinton’s plan to deal with ISIS? Hillary Clinton, Senator, Secretary of State, 2016 presidential candidate 54.9k views Defeating ISIS will be one of the most important challenges facing our next Commander-in-Chief. I’ve laid out a three-part plan to take on this urgent threat and keep our f...  Read More » If Planet Earth had to send five humans from any era to represent us at all events of the Interplanetary Olympics, who would they be? Ilya Fedorchuk 24.1k views We wouldn’t know what kind of Olympics it would be so I am going to assume that it is in similar fashion to Earth’s own Olympics. But the aliens could have something in sto...  Read More » What went wrong with the F35? Basil McDonnell, Software developer 3.3k views The answer is simple enough. If you want a fighter, you need to build skinny and light, agile and fast. If you want a bomber you build thick and sturdy, with armor. If you ...  Read More » What are some of the most popular faked images of world war 2? Sean Maher 12k views ​ This classic propaganda image seems quite convincing, at first glance, but if you look closely you’ll notice that the light on the soldier’s helmets is coming from above... Read More » Why didn't Alexander the Great invade India? Balaji Viswanathan, PM at Black Duck Software; entrepreneur; former Microsoft engineer. 146.2k views Dhana Nanda. I will quote a passage from Greek historian Plutarch's "The Life of Alexander". ... Read More » Who would win in a knife fight between 100 US Marines and 100 French Foreign Legion soldiers and why? Rik Andino 37.5k views Here we go again... Can I ask you a question? Who would win between 50 One-Eyed Tigers versus 50 female Polar Bears riding unicycles on a melting iceberg 30 mins before suns...  Read More » How afraid were German troops of the "Stalin Organ"? Daryl Tew, Even if we only have one good thing to share, it's still enough. 83k views Very very afraid and I found a personal recounting by a German soldier about his experiences. The Katyusha rocket launcher a.k.a."Stalin Organ" was the first self-propelled ...  Read More » Why was the Antonov An-225 Mriya built? Anas Maaz, Commercial Pilot (fATPL) 3.7k views It is an aircraft directly derived from the Antonov An-124. The major reason for the development was to carry the Soviet space shuttle Buran. This was quite necessary becau...  Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Choose which emails we send you through Email Settings or Unsubscribe.