The super ship fit for a superpower: America's $13bn aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford

The London Daily Mail ^ | September 30, 2013 | Staff

[98ZJ USMC]

How did the Navy ever get along without the acumen of all FR's strategic geniuses. Why, I bet Naval Operations never even thought about subs, missiles, nukes and such, until our resident experts pointed them out.

Heh....

[jyro]

trip over the waves

[GeronL]

Looked abit like... Dolph Lundgren?

[DoughtyOne]

Don’t buy what the Democrats are selling. We give away more money than the defense budget, nobody complains about that, and we get absolutely nothing for it, except a bunch of people complaining they don’t get more.

Our carriers allow us to effectively extend U. S. soil anywhere they can travel around the world.

Worth every penny...

[smokingfrog]

Nobody needs a $13 billion aircraft carrier.

     . . .    Just get a shotgun!

[varmintman]

That’s about the way I see it.

[Iron Munro]

$13 billion for a single vessel is insane, IMO

And the Russians have a super-cavitating torpedo that is reported to be capable of speeds up to 200 knots (230 mph).

[cunning_fish]

>>>And the Russians have a super-cavitating torpedo that is reported to be capable of speeds up to 200 knots (230 mph).<<<

No one is going to attack a carrier with a Squall torpedo. It is designed exclusively for a submarine warfare (sub to sub duels, destroyer vs sub etc).

[GeronL]

If we lose it to one shot, I hope some heads roll.

You know those tanks with the “cages” to make RPG’s explode before impact?? Maybe we could fit this ship with something like that.

heh

[Doc91678]

Obama is spending too much elsewhere and will not fund three more flat tops at $3 billion each.

[Spartan302]

And in the near future everyone will be complaining of $500 billion dollar 3 mile long super galactic star carriers.
kind of a drag to see so many whiners complaining about military assets America has and will hopefully dominate with.
Or has everyone succumbed to being apologetic like Obama.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Did I write a word of criticism about this new ship?

[Spartan302]

Should I have made to reply to “all” instead, of course the comment was NOT aimed at you, I have been following your threads for many many years.Always the best.

[ThunderSleeps]

That’s what I thought. 1100 plus feet, you cannot hide it from anything. Any radar capable of tracking a surface target will be able to get a return off this at max range.

[rlmorel]

[jmacusa]

“Does it trip down the stair?’’<<No, but I’ll bet it plays a lousy game of golf.

[dfwgator]

Do all the buttons on board say, “WIN”?

[Smedley]

[Southack]

" For one thing, ICBMs are getting popular and no carrier can defend against them."

Before 2004, that was true. Today, however, naval-launched SM-3s can not only intercept ICBMs in Space (far from the carrier, obviously), but also shoot down satellites at will.

[Elsiejay]

Due to our debt we have not the wherewithal to arm, fuel, man and defend this ship.