What role can the United States play in sending an aircraft carrier to Port-au-Prince after the Haiti earthquake?

First, show your military presence and maintain local law and order.

Due to the continuous aftershocks, the deterioration of public security and the shortage of relief materials in the early days after the earthquake, a large number of Haitian victims hope to flee abroad, especially the United States. If the security situation is not controlled, the United States may encounter a wave of refugees. The United States dispatched aircraft carriers and warships to become a blockade line to prevent victims from sneaking into the United States.

The second is that the aircraft carrier platform can carry a large number of rescuers and materials, which can be hoisted by ship-borne helicopters.

After the earthquake in Haiti, relief supplies provided by governments and international organizations arrived in Haiti, which was hit by a strong earthquake. However, due to the serious damage of local ports and roads in the earthquake, relief materials could not be distributed to the victims in time. In addition, due to the lack of parking spaces at the airport in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, many planes carrying relief supplies could not land. In order to alleviate this dilemma, the US Navy aircraft carrier "carl vinson" arrived in the waters near Haiti and served as a temporary airport.

Carl vinson has 4,000 to 5,000 crew members, 19 helicopter. The ship is equipped with seawater desalination equipment, which can produce about 6.5438+0.8 million liters of drinking water every day. There are also three operating rooms and dozens of medical beds on board.