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.
3 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.
4 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
5 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?
6 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?
7 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.
8 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
9 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.
10 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.
11 posted on
03/26/2019 7:06:42 AM PDT by
Don Corleone
(Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
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.
15 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: 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.
19 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.
20 posted on
03/26/2019 7:33:34 AM PDT by
crz
To: RitchieAprile
How the Navy works the procurement system for more money!
23 posted on
03/26/2019 8:05:36 AM PDT by
Darteaus94025
(Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
To: RitchieAprile
Ignore the LOCAL political hacks, what is best for the Navy and out national security? Maybe there are other reasons for moth-balling an over-priced floating target?
25 posted on
03/26/2019 8:14:42 AM PDT by
Reno89519
(No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
To: RitchieAprile
I think this is a ploy for more money.
35 posted on
03/26/2019 9:12:33 AM PDT by
minnesota_bound
(My sister said the only thing that did not was the clock. GE has spare parts)
To: RitchieAprile
“Scratch one flattop!”
(Naval Aviator Robert Dixon, Battle of the Coral Sea).
36 posted on
03/26/2019 9:14:27 AM PDT by
AFret.
To: RitchieAprile
Most civilians don’t realize that the Navy is unique in that most warships above frigate/littoral size are designed to be damaged and repaired over and over. An CVN can be significantly damaged and repaired and returned to service. Ships are NOT throw away. This is the extreme example but the BB California was sunk at Pearl Harbor and was returned to service
53 posted on
03/26/2019 11:14:44 AM PDT by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: RitchieAprile
Now comes word that the Ford may not be deployable for a long time ...There seems to be major trouble with its steam boilers - there was, during a trial run, an "engineering casualty".
U.S. Navy's Troubled New Aircraft Carrier Delayed Again As Propulsion Issues Arise
Issues keep piling up for the Ford while three other ships in the class are now under contract and the Navy looks to retire the Truman early.
By Tyler Rogoway March 26, 2019
64 posted on
03/27/2019 2:01:01 AM PDT by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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