Posted on 10/09/2015 6:04:12 PM PDT by lbryce
The United States has pulled the USS Theodore Roosevelt, an aircraft carrier that has been central in the fight against the Islamic State, from the Persian Gulf, military officials said Thursday.
NBC News reported that the U.S. Navy now, for the first time since 2007, has no aircraft carrier in the sea. The aircraft carrier was taken out late Thursday so that it can undergo maintenance, but its temporary removal is also part of budget cuts.
The nuclear-powered USS Theodore Roosevelt, which houses approximately 5,000 troops and 65 combat planes, has played a large role in the Obama administration bomb campaign against Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIL or ISIS) since its conception in 2014.
Military officials previously warned of the aircraft carrier’s removal and its negative impact on U.S. capabilities in the region.
“Without that carrier, there will be a detriment to our capability there,” Adm. John Richardson, currently the chief of Naval Operations, told the Senate Armed Services Committee in July. While the USS Harry S. Truman will likely replace the carrier, it could be up to two months before that happens.
The removal comes just as the Obama administration on Friday ended its $500 million Pentagon program to train and arm Syrian rebels fighting IS in an acknowledgement of its failure.
At the same time, Russia has been boosting its military activity in the region over the last few weeks, sending military equipment and troops to Syria and starting to launch airstrikes in the country. Russia is also launching cruise missiles from ships in the Caspian Sea at targets in Syria and allegedly putting “volunteer” forces on the ground in the country.
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Interesting....Bozo also pulled the patriot missiles from Turkey.
Well, they cut the scheduled repairs about in half for the Truman, then cut the training workup to less than half of normal. That may or may not have been a contributing factor to the deck fire in August. (A pilot having to eject onto a carrier deck can’t be fun, but I guess it’s better than going for a swim). They may send it out soon, but it probably isn’t ready.
This magic negro. Sure is a surrender monkey when it comes to confronting moose limbs.
Still think this a hole isn’t a moose limb?
Your perceptions and the reasons you state are the exact reasons why China would opt to become involved. They strive to become a world superpower, yet lack battle tested experience and respect in the world community. They have spent billions to create a modern military. Several more carriers and scores of modern ships are under construction. We constantly underestimate their capabilities and challenge them even in their own backyard. If they conduct a successful “shock and awe” campaign like the Russians have, we will give pause to challenging their moves around the Spratley Islands and other places. They also want to show that they have the political will and military might to protect their interests. Its not about our military capabilities. They know we will not have the will to fully use them. They know we will not send our carriers into an area in close proximity to potential hostiles who are conducting active military operations. Small as it may be, they are doing their first force projection and area denial maneuver. They don’t think we will challenge them for a piece of dirt where we have no legitimate interest. We are not gonna start WWIII with China and Russia over Syria. We all know BO will never be that butch and the public would openly revolt if he did.
And should their carrier break down, they will simply airlift a million Chinamen and spare no expense to fix it.
BTTT
“Next, we will build a Gopher!”
This has been in the works for a long time. Someone said it was part of a three aircraft carrier re-shuffling that was dependent on a pretty strict schedule.
Yep... I wonder how difficult it would be to knock down one of those land based missiles that Russia fired at Syria?
Sizzlers made great steaks...
The removal of those CIWS mounts means they are rotating systems for deployable units...They are designed to be unbolted and remounted elsewhere...Its a defensive system, and if there is no real problem with the overall ships condition, if the TR is going home, and another CVN is on the way, eventually, they unbolt it, stow it at some place where t can be remounted “in theater”...Why not???
Meaning spares, and reloads like I said in the other thread is a trend now...Nothing new, its logistics mainly...
It is sad, but we know the reason for this reduction of capability...
It sits in temporary residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C.
If we can last another 2-3 years without getting into too much trouble, we’ll be fine...
Ohhh, BTW, since the Truman is 2 months out, it makes sense...
The CIWS systems the TR had may have a software patch that is ready to go, and the Truman may just get in close and have the CIWS loaded up and mounted, plug it in and its ready to go...Over simplistic, but it makes sense to me...
The maintenance on the CIWS may be up to date, current and a known factor, may be a good system that is reliable, and not prone to downtime...
Truman’s CIWS might be a little finiky...So they dump that gear, and head out to go pick up what they have a higher degree of confidence in at this time...
Just something else I thought of...
No, Stevie. NEITHER carrier has CIWS any more. We replaced them (and many CIWS units throughout the fleet) with RAM (Rolling Airframe Missile, basically surface launch Sidewinders) batteries with long reloads and limited ammo capacity. You cannot reload a RAM battery while the ship is in combat.
The Navy didn’t even store the Phalanxs they removed. They scrapped them.
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