On Thu, 07 Feb 2019 20:34:29 -0600, Mitchell Holman
<noemail@verizont.net> wrote:
>joet5 <joet5@optonline.net> wrote in
>news:6lip5et6klpmo8j9s3fdq9argfpjfbuili@4ax.com:
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>> On Thu, 07 Feb 2019 15:17:20 -0800, Stormin' Norman
>> <norman@schwarzkopf.in.memorium> wrote:
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>>>On 7 Feb 2019 14:56:29 -0800, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote
>>>
>>>
>>>$13 - $15 billion, what else are they going to say? Yeah, China can
>>>bottom our carriers with their subs and or DF-26 missiles?
>>>
>>>Our carriers need to be smaller, less expensive and more nimble.
>>
>> I disagree, but do believe we need more carriers, both smaller &
>> larger and we also must abolish the airforce & army. airforce assets
>> would then become naval assets and army troops would become marines.
>> We do not need all these different armed forces, only the Navy.
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>
> Since the US has more carriers than the
>rest of the world combined how many more are
>necessary?
>
Here's an aswer for that:
https://www.quora.com/Why-does-the-United-States-have-so-many-aircraft-carriers
Basically, few of them are operational at any time: maintenance,
training, travel time, etc...
(ps: am not american)
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