At sea, India has a respectable navy, including an aircraft carrier.
Drag and weight are elements inherent in any object, including an aircraft.
Has deployed a dozen ships, including an aircraft carrier, an assault ship, a frigate, a destroyer and three nuclear submarines.
That does not include an aircraft's "loiter time" over a target plus the potential of having to fight off attacks from Iranian missiles and planes.
The United States has dispatched more than 20 naval ships, including an aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, and a hospital ship, plus 1,300 marines.
Also on Tuesday, North Korea said it had put its military on high alert, warning the United States of "disastrous consequences" for moving a group of ships, including an aircraft carrier, into a South Korean port for a military exercise.
Also this month, the North put its military on high alert, warning the United States of "disastrous consequences" for moving warships, including an aircraft carrier, into a South Korean port for a military exercise.
Despite a policy prohibiting military involvement in partisan politics, members of Congress and guests at the Republican National Convention will have an exclusive viewing of some of the Pentagon's latest hardware, including an aircraft that the expected Republican vice-presidential nominee, Dick Cheney, tried to kill when he was defense secretary.
Some of the more surprising pieces include an aircraft riveting gun, pictured, presented as an objet d'art by Mantiques Modern ($2,800); an ammonite fossilized sculpture from Bridges Over Time ($750); and a purse with a whimsical brass clasp from the antique-handbag dealer Nula Thanhauser ($2,600).
It has also been investing in naval forces, including an aircraft carrier.
