What difference does it makek? The CV-21 could be the best carrier we ever designed, but if Obama does an F22 to it, we’re toast.
We’re now refusing to produce our best weapons systems. Missile defense? What a waste...
Can you pull skiers behind it?
That is one heck of a target for enemy missiles.
The cut-away at the link shows 50 cal machine guns on the bow. Elsewhere, presumably? Guess they need something to deal with those pesky bomb-laden zodiacs.
Gerald R Ford class???
I notice that there are only three elevators vs four on the Nimitz class shown (caption says CV-71, but deck number is 75). IMO, we should be building a greater number of smaller ships. This is akin to putting all your eggs in one basket.
We should have learned from Pearl Harbor that a sneak attack can do great damage to sea power. In a stroke of luck(?), all three carriers were at sea on 12/07/41.