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2024-01-01 Arabia

US said set to pull one of its aircraft carriers away from Middle East

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Posted by trailing wife 2024-01-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [28 views ] Top
File under: Houthis

#1 The Ford, after two whole months of initial deployment (it's brand new) needs to get back to Newport News to fix all the gee whiz stuff that quit working. Word is the ordinance elevators are on the fritz.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-01-01 14:41|| 2024-01-01 14:41|| Front Page Top

#2 How vulnerable are these warships to run of the mill anti-ship missiles?

Posted by jpal 2024-01-01 15:15|| 2024-01-01 15:15|| Front Page Top

#3 The Ford is not vulnerable with its assigned task force to anything but a submarine or to colliding with another ship. Its biggest danger is always flight deck ops.

The Burke class destroyers are pretty resistant to anything the Houthi’s possess other than if the Iranians help them mine tge place.

The Houthi’s and Iranians have very little air defense. One Iranian frigate was actually knocked out by an A6 with a conventional bomb using a WWII dive bombing technique during Praying Mantis. The Iranian ship introduced into the conflict is a ship manufactured in the 50’s.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-01-01 15:53|| 2024-01-01 15:53|| Front Page Top

#4 To piggy back off of Super, the carriers also deploy in a Task Force group. Meaning they have multiple layers of defense around them. Getting to an American carrier is damn near impossible unless you fire a ton more shit than they can counter. Like in the hundreds of missiles.

As for the teething issues, this is normal for brand new military gear. The Ford is the very first of its class and every brand new ship of the class has gone though the same thing. The last ship of the class doesn't and works nearly perfectly. Goes with the territory. The next Ford class will be better, the next will be better... etc... etc...

Posted by DarthVader 2024-01-01 22:32|| 2024-01-01 22:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Usually a new class might include one or two new technologies. The Ford has like 13 including electric catapults and arresting gear which can be dialed to accommodate any airframe including drones. It was bound to have issues.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-01-01 22:45|| 2024-01-01 22:45|| Front Page Top

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