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AverageOldGuy

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1. The biggest problem with military science is . . .

Reply to ClaudetteCC (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 02:40 PM

10 hrs ago

. . . we always are well-prepared to fight the last war . . . or the one before that.

Could it be that carriers and the multitude of accompanying vessels in the Carrier Task Force are obsolete?

Compare the cost of a new carrier, cruiser, destroyer, oiler, etc., to the cost of a few thousand drones

Check this out -- it is the status of the Navy's carriers -- currently in service; retired; and planned.
http://www.gonavy.jp/CVLocation.html

The USS Doris Miller (CVN81) keel was scheduled to be laid last month; launch 2029; commissioned 2032. Don't ask about the USS William Clinton (CVN82) and the USS George Bush (CNV83). Meanwhile, drones take a few hours to build.

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