Anti-submarine warfare carrier

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An Anti-Submarine Warfare carrier (ASW carrier, also known as a helicopter carrier) is a type of small aircraft carrier whose primary role is to hunt and destroy submarines. This type of ship came into existence during the Cold War, and the most obvious examples are the three ships of the Invincible class, operated by the Royal Navy. Following the Falklands war, however, the role of these ships was reconsidered, and they were used as conventional, albeit light, fleet aircraft carriers, in the power projection role. If the Invincible class had fulfilled its initially intended role, it would have carried out patrols in the mid-Atlantic, searching for Soviet submarines with the use of ASW helicopters.