"U.S. Navy Scraps Big Carrier Study" Topic

"Acting Navy Secretary James McPherson has scuttled a major initiative of his ousted predecessor, canceling a planned 6-month study on the future of the aircraft carrier, relying instead on a DoD-led effort to determine the size and structure of the future fleet.

The acting SecNav, who has kept the ship steady since taking over from Thomas Modly last month, "recently determined the Department of the Navy will not, for the time being, move forward with the Future Carrier 2030 effort," Cmdr. Sarah Higgins told me in an email. Instead, the Navy "will fully support the Department of Defense's internal study on future force structure requirements, which will include a carrier review."…"
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Armand

So the Pentagon is finally realizing that the carrier is vulnerable and becoming obsolete.

A pity that the study was cancelled.

It would have been best if that had still proceeded, since theoretically the Navy department would/should know better what its needs are.

The F35 and future STOL planes don't need large decks. Remember the LCEs of WW2 a or even think out of the box and build some converted crude carriers with about 25 planes each.

Japan has caught on

Thanks!.

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Armand