The French artillery commander at Dien Bien Phu promised the French commander of the ground forces there that the communists could never, never put artillery on the hills surrounding them. The French artillery commander killed himself the night the first communist shell was fired from the surrounding hills. Aircraft carriers are tremendous weapons, but it would be wise to not put all of our eggs into one basket.
A comforting chart to see actually! Makes one “slightly” less upset at paying taxes!
Peace through strength.
Thailand?
Of the Nimitz carriers, only seven are currently available. Three are in maintenance with the Lincoln in the middle of its 4-year RCOH rebuild.
Won’t make no difference what we have if we don’t have accomplished and competent men and woman to run and use them accordingly in a defensive manner not an offensive one !
Yea and ours are crewed by women and sissies.
This is a true depiction of the balance of resources. Obama is now hard at work to ensure that we have no personnell who can effectively command these resources.The opresident has purged every officer at command level who has made any indication of opposition to Obama.