The department of war just shot the accountants and opted for speed

Re:The department of war just shot the accountants and opted... by mapt on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @02:59PM (#45905561)

The US sacrificed that a long time ago, when it first introduced supercarriers in the 50's. Too tall for the bridges, too wide for anything but the Third Locks era, and then only with some minor alterations.

Now that we do have the Third Locks, I think it would be reasonable to replace the bridges and make the alterations, a rounding error in the CVN budget.

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Re:The department of war just shot the accountants and opted... by Retric on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @03:32PM (#45906158)

Repositioning is far from the only concern but it is something they care about. For example the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower crossed the Suez Canal in 2021.

The much smaller Wasp-class amphibious assault ship on the other hand can carry as many as 20 F-35B’s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp-class_amphibious_assault_...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America-class_amphibious_assau...

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