Dimensions:
Length: 61.45ft (18.73m)
Width: 51.12ft (15.58m)
Height: 17.03ft (5.19m)
Performance:
Max Speed: 173mph (278kmh; 150kts)
Max Range: 438miles (705km)
Climb Rate: 2,620 ft/min
Ceiling: 20,000ft (6,096m; 3.8miles)
Structure:
Crew: 2
Hardpoints: 6 (including wingtip mounts)
Empty Weight: 12,632lbs (5,730kg)
MTOW: 19,290lbs (8,750kg)
Power:
Engine(s): 2 x Turbomeca Makila 1K2 turboshaft engines generating 1,845shp each and driving a four-blade main rotor and a five-blade tail rotor.
Weapons Suite: 1 x 20mm Armscor F2 cannon (chin mounted turret)
Mission-specific ordnance can include any of the following:
16 x ZT6 Mokopa anti-tank missiles
70mm rocket launching pods
Mistral infrared homing air-to-air missiles (on wingtip mounts)
Operator: South Africa
Variants:
XH-1 - Alpha concept demonstrator based on the French-built Alouette III design.
XTP-1 Beta - French-built Puma helicopters modified as gunships for evaluation and testing.
XH-2 "Rooivalk" - Initial Prototype Designation
XDM (eXperimental Development Model) - A redesignation of the XH-2 prototype; avionics and weapons development platform.
EDM (Engineering Developmental Model) - Production Evaluation Model.
CSH-2 - Initial Production Model Designation
AH-2 - Redesignation of the CSH-2 Production Model occurring in 1998.
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Denel AH-2 Rooivalk (Kestrel)
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
Dimensions:
Length: 1092ft (332.84m)
Beam: 252ft (76.81m)
Draught: 37ft (11.28m)
Performance:
Surface Speed: 30kts (35mph)
Range: Essentially Unlimited
Structure:
Complement: 5,680
Suface Displacement: 97,000tons
Power:
Engine(s): 2 x Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors; 4 x steam turbines generating 260,000shp; 4 x shafts.
Weapons Suite:
3 x NSSMS Sea Sparrow sea-to-air missile launchers
3 x 20mm Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) anti-aircraft/anti-missile gattling guns
10 x 12.7mm M2HB machine guns
Air Arm:
90 fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft of various makes and types.
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USS Attu (CVE 102)
Dimensions:
Length: 512ft (156.06m)
Beam: 65.2ft (19.87m)
Draught: 20ft (6.10m)
Performance:
Surface Speed: 19kts (22mph)
Submerged Speed: 0kts (0mph)
Range: (18,359km)
Structure:
Complement: 860
Displacement: 7,800tons
Power:
Engine(s): 2 x engines powering 2 x reciprocating screws and 2 x shafts.
Weapons Suite:
1 x 5" main gun
16 x 40mm cannons
20 x 20mm cannons
Air Arm:
28 aircraft of various makes.
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USS Enterprise (CV 6)
Dimensions:
Length: 810ft (246.89m)
Beam: 110ft (33.53m)
Draught: 25ft (7.62m)
Performance:
Surface Speed: 32kts (37mph)
Submerged Speed: 0kts (0mph)
Range: (23,149km)
Structure:
Complement: 2,217
Displacement: 25,500tons
Power:
Engine(s): 9 x Babcock and Wilcox boilers powering 4 x Parsons geared turbines with 4 x screws at 120,000shp.
Weapons Suite:
8 x 5" cannons on single mounts
4 x 1.1" cannons on quadruple mountings
24 x 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns
Air Arm:
Up to 90 aircraft of various types including 27 fighters, 37 dive bombers (Douglas Dauntless) and 15 torpedo bombers (Grumman TBF Avenger).
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USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67)

Dimensions:
Length: 1052ft (320.65m)
Beam: 252ft (76.81m)
Draught: 37ft (11.28m)
Performance:
Surface Speed: 34kts (39mph)
Submerged Speed: 0kts (0mph)
Range: (unkown)
Structure:
Complement: 5,410
Displacement: 82,655tons
Power:
Engine(s): 8 x boilers powering 4 steam turbines with 4 x shafts delivering 280,000shp.
Weapons Suite:
2 x GMLS Mk 29 Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft surface-to-air missile launchers
2 x Phalanx anti-aircraft / anti-missile CIWS (Close-In Weapon System)
2 x RIM-116 RAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) missile launchers
Air Arm:
80 aircraft of various makes throughout her career including A-7 Corsair II strike fighters, A-6 Intruder bombers, F-14 Tomcat interceptors, F/A-18 Hornets multi-role fighters and S-3 Vikings anti-submarine aircraft.
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USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)
Dimensions:
Length: 1092ft (332.84m)
Beam: 252ft (76.81m)
Draught: 41ft (12.50m)
Performance:
Surface Speed: 30kts (35mph)
Submerged Speed: 0kts (0mph)
Range: (160,933km)
Structure:
Complement: 5,680
Displacement: 97,000tons
Power:
Engine(s): 2 x Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors with 4 x steam turbines feeding 4 x shafts at 260,000shp.
Weapons Suite:
2 x Mk 57 Mod3 NATO RIM-7 Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile launchers
2 x RIM-116 RAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) short-range surface-to-air missile launchers
3 x 20mm Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS (Close-In Weapon System)
Air Arm:
90 aircraft of various makes and types including helicopters.
F/A-18 Hornet
EA-6B Prowler
MH-60R
MH-60S
E-2C Hawkeye
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USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)
Designation: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)Classification Type: Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier
Ship Class: Nimitz-class
Country of Origin: United States
Initial Year of Service: 1998
Number in Class: 10
Dimensions:Length: 1092ft (332.84m)
Beam: 252ft (76.81m)
Draught: 41ft (12.50m)
Performance:
Surface Speed: 30kts (35mph)
Submerged Speed: 0kts (0mph)
Range: (160,933km)
Structure:
Complement: 5,680
Displacement: 97,000tons
Power:
Engine(s): 2 x Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors powering 4 x steam turbines and 4 x shafts at 260,000shp.
Weapons Suite:
2 x Mk 57 Mod3 Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile launchers
2 x RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile short-range missile launchers
3 x 20mm mk 15 Phalanx CIWS (Close-In Weapon System)
Air Arm:
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