Carrier Strike Group 11 ships and aircraft lead by the USS Nimitz (far left) operate in formation in the South China Sea.

航母战斗群11艘，飞机由尼米兹号航空母舰领导(左)在南中国海形成运作。

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In addition the diagonal runway on the existing Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is too short to be free of the risk of crash.

此外，现有尼米兹级航母的斜角跑道太短，有必然坠机的风险。

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With an American aircraft carrier, the Nimitz, in the Gulf, the means for military action are at hand and Congress would readily back it.

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Blunk, 26, had served on the aircraft carrier the USS Nimitz for more than six years, working with the boilers and propulsion systems of the nuclear-powered vessel, and hoped to re-enlist in the military, according to his grandparents Thomas and Kay Blunk of Central, Texas, outside Lufkin.

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