A fleet carrier is intended to operate with the main fleet and usually provides an offensive capability. These are the largest carriers capable of fast speeds. By comparison, escort carriers were developed to provide defense for convoys of ships. They were smaller and slower with lower numbers of aircraft carried. Most were built from mercantile hulls or, in the case of merchant aircraft carriers, were bulk cargo ships with a flight deck added on top. Light aircraft carriers were carriers that were fast enough to operate with the fleet but of smaller size with reduced aircraft capacity. Soviet aircraft carriers now in use by Russia are actually called heavy aviation cruisers, these ships while sized in the range of large fleet carriers were designed to deploy alone or with escorts and provide both strong defensive weaponry and heavy offensive missiles equivalent to a guided missile cruiser in addition to supporting fighters and helicopters. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What are fleet carriers intended to operate with?
2. What do fleet carriers work in tandem with?
3. What is a fleet carrier supposed to work alongside?
Q2:
1. What do fleet carriers provide?
2. What is the purpose of fleet carriers?
3. What function do fleet carriers perform?
Q3:
1. What was the purpose of escort carriers?
2. Why were escort carriers made?
3. What function did escort carriers serve?
Q4:
1. What sort of carriers are used in Russia?
2. What fleet carriers does Russia use?
3. Which fleet carriers are employed by the Russians?
Q5:
1. What were heavy aviation cruisers designed for?
2. For what purpose were heavy aviation cruisers created?
3. What were heavy aviation cruisers supposed to do?
Q6:
1. What did heavy aviation cruisers support?
2. For what did heavy aviation cruisers provide support?
3. What was supported by heavy aviation cruisers?
Q7:
1. Which is the fastest fleet carrier?
2. What fleet carrier is the swiftest?
3. What fleet carrier goes the fastest?
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Q9:
1. Who currently uses Soviet carriers?
2. Where are Soviet carriers currently in use?
3. What country currently employs Soviet carriers?
Q10:
1. What is on top of an escort carrier?
2. What does an escort carrier have on top?
3. What can be found on the top of escort carriers?
