[OXENinFLA]

Oh, this is just dumb IMO.

While China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea (to a small extent) are ramping up and preparing for war we're going to DOWNSIZE our war fighting machines?!?!?

This just does NOT make any sense!

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[ProudVet77]

Actually there is no force reduction. There will be less of certain systems, but more of others. We have to look at the impact of new technology in planning.
A recent development allows our Aegis class ships to carrier 4x the number of surface to air missiles as they currently do. Four Aegis class ships could probably hold off the entire ChiCom AF now.
Beyond that, the Navy needs to look at the impact of rail guns on the need for carriers. With a range of 200 miles and a flight time of 6 minutes, the amount of destructive power from a single rail gun can equal the destructive power of an entire F-18 CAW.