Posted on 10/09/2015 6:22:11 AM PDT by Trumpinator
Yet they have enough money to now pay for sex change operations for the military.
RUN AWAY ! RUN AWAY ! RUN AWAAAAAAYYYYY !!!!
If your fighter plane comes within 20 miles of the Rooskies.... RUN AWAY !!! RUN AWAY!!! RUN AWAAAAAYYYY !!!!
Pathetic. We should be doing joint air-strikes on the whole bloody lot of them. Our side is pissed because the Ivans’ are bombing Al Quada? AYFKM? (are you f#$@&ng kiddin’ me)?
A recent essay questioned the use of carriers in this day and age. The conclusion is that because of long-range, supersonic cruise missiles and aircraft, their lifespan in battle would be a matter of minutes. The Navy has little with which to wage coastal war. The LCS class doesn’t work, has no defenses and little punch, and is flimsy. Our sub fleet will rule the battle.
Have never understood why we’d place an aircraft carrier, the centerpiece of a battle group, in such a narrow space one side of which is entirely hostile with the exit point the Strait of Hormuz. And it doesn’t matter whether the president who put it there was named Bush, Clinton, or Obama. The same targets can be accessed from open blue water of the Indian Ocean or Mediterranean Sea.
I recently found a site that tracks US carriers and marine amphibious groups (not sure that is the correct name). I expected 5 carriers plus 3 marine groups at sea. Nope. It was 4+2. This might be old new to navy gurus, but it was a surprise to me.
have a link?
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