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2020-05-13 -Land of the Free

USNavy has 6 carriers underway right now. Truman, Eisenhower, Reagan, Nimitz, Lincoln, and Ford all operating at sea.

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Posted by 3dc 2020-05-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 HoW many countries have an air force superior to that on a fleet carrier?

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2020-05-13 01:00|| 2020-05-13 01:00|| Front Page Top

#2 And don't forget the resources a fleet carrier has with it , overhead satellites for recon and communication . Escorts with a wide assortment of UAV's. Anti-submarine and escorting submarines. and etc.

Posted by Thaith Elmeresing6163 2020-05-13 01:23|| 2020-05-13 01:23|| Front Page Top

#3 As long as they don't have interference from a 5G satellite, all's groovy.

Posted by gorb 2020-05-13 04:27|| 2020-05-13 04:27|| Front Page Top

#4 ...I would point out that just a week or two back, we were being told that Ford was still working on those damned munitions elevators, and that they were 'almost there'. Maybe she was in better shape than we were led to believe?

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2020-05-13 04:42|| 2020-05-13 04:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Too bad they're not useful against coup plotters.

Posted by AlanC 2020-05-13 06:52|| 2020-05-13 06:52|| Front Page Top

#6 The autonomous torpedo scenario

Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-13 06:58|| 2020-05-13 06:58|| Front Page Top

#7

Impressive but these floating airports are sitting ducks. Also, Skid the Chi Coms have a similar underwater drone.

Posted by Woodrow 2020-05-13 07:53|| 2020-05-13 07:53|| Front Page Top

#8 Yeah, nice floating duck. The reply usually involves full launch of various strategic missiles. Theirs involve hitting major Blue urban areas*. Ours will take out their ability to rule and control what they already have let alone worry about adding more to their basket.

* at this point, how could you tell the difference in results, other than shutting down those Legacy Infotainment Enterprises?

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-13 08:42|| 2020-05-13 08:42|| Front Page Top

#9 Thought we had 9 active - Roosevelt is tied up, what about the others?

Posted by Mercutio 2020-05-13 08:52|| 2020-05-13 08:52|| Front Page Top

#10 There was a reason that the US invested a lot of money in the F-14/Tomcat/AIM-54 Phoenix system. To force an enemy attack further away.... Now we have F/A-18's with a much shorter reach.

Posted by magpie 2020-05-13 10:17|| 2020-05-13 10:17|| Front Page Top

#11 Washington and Stennis are in RCOH. Vinson and Bush are in DPIA

Posted by TZSenator 2020-05-13 10:41|| 2020-05-13 10:41|| Front Page Top

#12 Thanks Senator, but Data Protection Impact Assessment??? or did you mean a different DPIA?

Posted by Mercutio 2020-05-13 11:56|| 2020-05-13 11:56|| Front Page Top

#13 docking-planned incremental availability

Posted by Frank G 2020-05-13 12:25|| 2020-05-13 12:25|| Front Page Top

#14 Impressive but these floating airports are sitting ducks.

The USN conducted a SINKEX on CV-66, USS America, a Kitty Hawk class carrier, they threw a lot at the old girl and she would not go under. Finally, they resorted scuttling her. My point, carriers are exceedingly difficult to sink.

Posted by Phineter Turkeyneck6202 2020-05-13 14:42|| 2020-05-13 14:42|| Front Page Top

#15 ^#10: I’ve seen the AIM-54 up close and personal, they were friggin huge!

Posted by Phineter Turkeyneck6202 2020-05-13 14:45|| 2020-05-13 14:45|| Front Page Top

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