"America's biggest and baddest warship," as the Navy calls it, has nearly two dozen new technologies and a completely redesigned flight deck, which allows it to generate 30% more flights than other U.S. carriers.It will also project power in the North Atlantic through air defense exercises, maritime domain awareness, long-range maritime strikes, distributed maritime operations, anti-submarine warfare exercises, as well as naval integration, according to Vice Admiral Dan Dwyer, commander of U.S. Second Fleet, which overseas operations in the Arctic and North Atlantic.The deployment comes seven months after Russia illegally invaded Ukraine and just weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a mobilization of 300,000 more troops in an effort to counter heavy losses on the battlefield.Jones points to the potential sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline in the Black Sea as an example of the type of aggression that Russia's naval forces might be capable of waging.Aircraft carriers are utilized as floating, movable air bases that provide air cover for ships at sea and offensive capabilities across the globe, as, for example, when carriers were used to conduct airstrikes against Islamic State."