Pentagon To Retire USS Truman Early, Shrinking Carrier Fleet To 10

[Brett327]

Everyone relax. This will not come to pass. Next caller.

 

[Jim123]

Everyone relax. This will not come to pass. Next caller.

The next caller is a robo caller about debt consolidation. I'll keep them on the line until I get a person. I wonder if they can make a deal for $22 trillion.

 

[scoolbubba]

Hopefully the drone Congress can pass the drone budgets!

Drone Congress has my vote. I welcome the arrival of our robot overlords.

 

[nittany03]

The next caller is a robo caller about debt consolidation. I'll keep them on the line until I get a person. I wonder if they can make a deal for $22 trillion.

Legislators HATE when you POM for this, but they can’t stop you!

 

[BarryD]

Drone Congress has my vote. I welcome the arrival of our robot overlords.

Not the fracking Cylons . . . .

 

[Deleted member 67144 scul]

Someone sent this to me the other day regarding drones in the Navy:

 

[exNavyOffRec]

I saw some of this pop up and a few congressmen are already saying they won't let that happen.

 

[HAL Pilot]

In fairness, they've been making advancements their TP technology lately.

 

[Hair Warrior]

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^ those are only found aboard the Charles de Gaulle

 

[Jim123]

^ those are only found aboard the Charles de Gaulle

I wouldn't underestimate the auxiliaries division on a USS...

 

[707guy]

I just can't wait for Jerry Hendrix's fresh take....

Quarter of the way down the linked article....

"As the George Washington saga showed, “the mid-life overhaul has been used as a bargaining chip for a larger budget in the past,” said Jerry Hendrix, a retired Navy captain turned analyst. With Truman as with Washington, he said, “I doubt the Congress would allow it to go through.”

 

[Pags]

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It's got nothing on a Japanese toilet...heated seat...bidet...and a bunch of other buttons.

 

[Hair Warrior]

Honestly, I think journalists are just lazy, and Hendrix is a known retiree who will give a journalist a by-name quote on deadline whether he‘s an expert on the topic or not.

 

[sevenhelmet]

A Navy that still gives the President the option to control the sea lanes and project power ashore.

Regardless of what the wunderkinds think, the ability to launch a strike that will cover troops on the ground requires a flat top that is big enough to put enough gas and warheads overhead. That requires the ability to protect it in contested waters.

Build your requirements around that based on whatever tech you think will exist in 30-50 years. Drone carriers will still require some sort of AA protection, and there will still be guys in metal tubes underwater protecting it from the other side's subs and unmanned underwater vehicles.

If we can't project enough firepower, gas, bullets, and beans ashore to protect guys taking land from the enemy du jour, then we might as well mothball the fleet and hope the Space Force can figure out how to launch Cap Troopers from corvettes in space.

FIFY.

 

[Griz882]

...and a bunch of other buttons.

I refuse to use a toilet that requires an NFO to operate it.?