“Yup, we’re scrapping a carrier. We have a bunch more. How many carriers does Russia have?”
Not sure what Russia has to do with this, but if China (or Russia) were trying to take Hawaii, then I’d be interested in how many carriers they had.
But, considering that we’re itching to fight China, right next to China, I’d say having as many carriers as possible would be a SMART strategy and SCRAPPING carriers to ‘save money’ is simply STUPID...just as not bothering to try to develop hypersonics or defenses against hypersonics, until very recently. I also fail to see why I should care how many carriers China has when it comes to Taiwan
So, feel free to blame Putin and Xi for filling the power vacuum that we (the US) created by continuing to unilaterally disarm (you know, to ‘save money’), but it doesn’t make the world any safer.
“Not sure what Russia has to do with this, but if China (or Russia) were trying to take Hawaii, then I’d be interested in how many carriers they had.”
The chicoms have one carrier, that was the incomplete sister ship to the Russian scrapheap Kuznetsov.
“I’d say having as many carriers as possible would be a SMART strategy and SCRAPPING carriers to ‘save money’ is simply STUPID”
The USS Enterprise is an obsolete 55+ year old ship that has already been replaced by CVN-78 Gerald R Ford.
The USA is not Russia. Russia is stuck pretending they can put a 42yo rusty carrier to sea. We know it’s more economical to replace an old ship with a new one.
Big E is fifty-five and she’s done.
Yes, it’s sad to see old ships get paid off but that’s how it goes.