5 Ways Russia and China Could Sink America's Aircraft Carriers

LTC (Join to see) you never know, but I like this perspective:

Cost Overrun

The new Ford class (CVN-78) carriers cost somewhere around $13 billion, a price that does not include the air wing. With a contingent of F-35Cs, F/A-18E/Fs and various support aircraft, the price of an individual carrier is simply staggering, and the numbers go higher when accounting for the escort group that a carrier requires. Although the per-unit cost will go down as more ships are acquired, the Fords take so long to build that each new ship will need to incorporate a host of new technologies, just as with the Nimitz class.

The tolerance for large defense expenditure in the United States has varied considerably over the past three decades. The Trump administration has combined a fondness for increased spending with a grand strategy of retrenchment, an odd pairing. If retrenchment takes hold, then generating enthusiasm for defense spending may become increasingly difficult. And at some point, the military utility of an aircraft carrier may become literally irrelevant, relative to the cost of building, maintaining and effectively deploying the ship and its air wing.

LTC (Join to see) Interesting article sir. Aircraft Carriers are important along with other Naval vessels as long as we have adequate funding. Rather than bringing the Battleships back to service, I would rather spend the money on newer vessels. I like the idea that civilians can visit these Battleships, and others, and gain an appreciation for our Navy and military.


http://www.navsource.org/archives/museum.htm

interesting information...