"The US Navy Wants to Shrink Its Aircraft Carrier Fleet" Topic
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| Tango01 | 22 Mar 2019 12:41 p.m. PST |
"Visiting the USS Gerald R. Ford two years ago, U.S. President Donald Trump extolled the importance of an enlarged naval force featuring a dozen aircraft carriers—including the Ford, the most expensive ship ever built. Having 12 of these behemoths—sometimes accompanied by a half-dozen other ships—would send an international signal of U.S. resolve and restore the fleet to its post-Cold War size during the 1990s. The Pentagon's latest budget proposal, however, seems to do the opposite…."
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| EJNashIII | 24 Mar 2019 4:04 p.m. PST |
cost. $13 USD billion per carrier, now. Operations cost of $2.5 USD million a day. And that is before you buy planes and support ships. |
| EJNashIII | 24 Mar 2019 6:54 p.m. PST |
Then, there is this issue. link |
| Lion in the Stars | 25 Mar 2019 1:41 p.m. PST |
The Ticos are old. The newest Tico was commissioned in 1994, which makes USS Port Royal 25 years old. This is broadly speaking their design life. The problem with retiring the Ticos is that the Burkes don't have the space for the Escort Group Commander (and staff). The Flight III Burkes will have this extra command space, probably by being near-clones of the Japanese Kongo-class. The Kongos are slightly-enlarged (and very re-arranged internally) Burkes, specifically to include squadron-command space. |
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