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Mothball the USS Harry S. Truman? Proposal has many scratching their heads.
Virginian Pilot ^
| March 25 2019
| Hugh Lessig
Posted on 03/26/2019 6:52:49 AM PDT by RitchieAprile
Edited on 03/26/2019 9:06:51 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator.
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To: RitchieAprile
I wonder if we’ve decided that the enemy has ship-killing technology which makes modern aircraft carriers about as vulnerable as battleships in WWII?
I love battleships. I love aircraft carriers. But no weapon system lasts forever and if the costs outweigh the benefits, it might be time for these to fade away.
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posted on
03/26/2019 6:57:59 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: RitchieAprile
Not everyone gets to know everything. Milutary strategy and long range planning is based on technology and your potential enemies strengths and weaknesses.
The military is technology. That technology has to not be public information. Not even Congress should be trusted with it.
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posted on
03/26/2019 6:58:16 AM PDT
by
blackdog
To: RitchieAprile
It simply does not make economic sense.
Probably.Decisions are tough sometimes. You see the right ones in the rear view mirror.
How does the song go?
You can’t always get
What you want
You can’t always get
What you want
No you can’t always get
What you want
But if you try sometimes
Well you might find
You get what you need
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posted on
03/26/2019 6:58:42 AM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: RitchieAprile
The obvious question not being asked...
Is a new Aircraft Carrier significantly better than an overhauled 25 year old one?
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posted on
03/26/2019 6:59:57 AM PDT
by
Ouderkirk
(Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
To: RitchieAprile
when the shipyard signed a two-carrier contract with the Navy.
So, are there still two new carriers on the agenda?
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:00:23 AM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: RitchieAprile
If something breaks out on the world, there are far faster, far, far less expensive ways to project power than carriers.
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:02:54 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Break out the mustard seeds.)
To: RitchieAprile
Carriers are the walking dead of the US Navy.
L
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:04:12 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending it is.)
To: RitchieAprile
Subtracting a carrier will add increased operating stress on the remaining ones, no?
Like aircraft, the fewer you have, the more missions they must run on life-limited airframes.
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:06:10 AM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
To: RitchieAprile
We need a wall more than we need another floating runway.
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:06:42 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
To: Lurker
Unfortunately you are right in most cases. And with crews of ~5,000 each. That’s a lot of people to lose.
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:08:02 AM PDT
by
laplata
(The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: laplata
Next Generation carriers should have a crew of a couple of hundred humans and ten thousand drones.
L
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:09:34 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending it is.)
To: RitchieAprile
I hope they don’t spend that 3.4 billion on another Zumwalt boondoggle. Sounds like that is the plan.
To: RitchieAprile
Sounds to me as though they want to mothball an older ship in favor of leap frogging to a newer ship with more capabilities. Longer term investment with some short term savings and pain.
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:12:23 AM PDT
by
reed13k
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary that good men do nothing)
To: mewzilla
Nothing projects power like a mushroom cloud followed by a great smoking hole in the ground.
To: VietVet876
I still like Rods From God. Orbital stations should be able to obliterate any target on earth in about 5 minutes.
That’s power projection.
No need to ever put boots on the ground.
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:22:53 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: microgood
Is that the “version” that has catapults that don't work and guns that the ammunition is too expensive to buy?
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:30:16 AM PDT
by
skimbell
To: RitchieAprile
The carriers are obsolete and almost impossible to protect with todays growing tecnnological based weaponry.
This part of Virginia was once sold Conservative. Today it is slightly Democrat and becoming more Democrat each election cycle.
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:32:25 AM PDT
by
georgiarat
(The most expensive thing in the world is a cheap Army and Navy. - Carl Vinson)
To: RitchieAprile
I think it was the Swedes who proved how long a carrier would last in a war.
IMHO, they should be looking more to subs and advanced tech with them. Long range advanced aircraft also-although I believe that the Phoenix lights incident proved that the advanced aircraft are already here.
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posted on
03/26/2019 7:33:34 AM PDT
by
crz
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