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To: Honest Nigerian

That’s no aircraft carrier. It’s an assault ship. Look up pictures of the difference. About 1/8 the firepower. Just a guess on the ratio.


6 posted on 04/21/2020 7:46:54 PM PDT by wgmalabama (Piss on China. They nuked US and Europe with a bio weapon. Payback time.)
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To: wgmalabama

If the USS America is set up as a “Harrier Carrier” (ironic term since those are F-35B Lightening IIs in the picture), all the helicopters (except some UH-1s for SAR) are sent ashore and additional F-35 are flown aboard to create an embarked fighter squadron of 18-22(?) aircraft (including spares).

That’s about 1/4th the complement of a super carrier like the T Roosevelt.

However...no catapults means no takeoffs at full ammo and fuel load. In addition, aviation ordnance magazine capacity, although much better in the America than its predecessors, is limited. Air assault and close air support operations burn through aviation ordnance stores at considerable rates. That’s where the large, numerous, and multideck aviation magazines of the super carriers cannot be matched.


38 posted on 04/21/2020 9:52:19 PM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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