This is worse than “super carrier”:
“AV-8B Harrier very short takeoff and landing (VSTOL) aircraft”
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“AV-8B Harrier very short takeoff and landing (VSTOL) aircraft”
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Road to 350: What Does the US Navy Do Anyway?
- Thread starter Randy Daytona
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Ahem, the Independence and Saipan classes would like to have a word with you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_aircraft_carrier
And if you don't like that then maybe we should just call them escort carriers like we used to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escort_carrier
Yes, presently in service (or planned) was implied.
Or Jeeps.
Yes, we gotta be careful when using casual terms to describe ships that are currently in service, but at the same time since these are editorials and opinion pieces meant to discuss the uncertain future, let's not get too tied to present-day doctrine.
It's doctrine, not dogma.
It's like soldiers who asked me, when I was on my IA, why the Navy rank structure has to use different names. Question back at ya, what happened to Specialist-5, 6, 7 ranks... or for that matter, why aren't there any Second Sergeants anymore? Or the guy who smirked when I referred to my sidearm as a "gun." I guess his drill sergeant must have beat it into him that it's not a gun, don't ever call it that, it's a pistol (or whatever the official word is). Maybe I would have cringed the same way if he had used the word supercarrier, although he gave me the distinct impression that I was not exactly in the presence of some great military mind.
When every U.S. carrier is bigger than the next biggest (British and Chinese) by a margin, double the displacement of any "flat top" the French, Russians, Indians, Italians, Spanish or anybody else has these days- and when our ownpropaganda information campaign about our aircraft carriers are that they're floating cities, four acres of sovereign territory, runways we can put anywhere, more powerful than any warship in history, bigger, faster, all that stuff, does anybody have a better word than "supercarrier??"
It's doctrine, not dogma.
It's like soldiers who asked me, when I was on my IA, why the Navy rank structure has to use different names. Question back at ya, what happened to Specialist-5, 6, 7 ranks... or for that matter, why aren't there any Second Sergeants anymore? Or the guy who smirked when I referred to my sidearm as a "gun." I guess his drill sergeant must have beat it into him that it's not a gun, don't ever call it that, it's a pistol (or whatever the official word is). Maybe I would have cringed the same way if he had used the word supercarrier, although he gave me the distinct impression that I was not exactly in the presence of some great military mind.
When every U.S. carrier is bigger than the next biggest (British and Chinese) by a margin, double the displacement of any "flat top" the French, Russians, Indians, Italians, Spanish or anybody else has these days- and when our own
The left wing of the Democratic congressional delegation versus a solidly bipartisan group of the rest of Congress, not sure it'll be much of a fight. Given at how little bipartisanship is actually happening on Capitol Hill the fact there is still strong support from both parties for robust defense spending means that there is a much better than even chance that the DoD's budget will continue to be robust, though some cuts are inevitable.
Super-Duper Carrier...you’re welcome
Interesting article from Forbes: some torpedoes getting significantly smaller, some missiles bigger and faster.
www.forbes.com
Lockheed Martin Shutters 2 Navy Plants, Heralding New Technology On The Waterfront
Lockheed Martin just announced the surprise closure of two factories supporting the Freedom class Littoral Combat Ship, the Mk 48 heavyweight torpedo and the Mk 41 Vertical Launch System--suggesting that big changes are ahead for maritime warfare.
www.forbes.com
Let me correct you right there... when it comes to anything about the military, nothing that Forbes produces is interesting. It is 100% clickbait.Interesting article from Forbes: some torpedoes getting significantly smaller, some missiles bigger and faster.
Lockheed Martin Shutters 2 Navy Plants, Heralding New Technology On The Waterfront
Lockheed Martin just announced the surprise closure of two factories supporting the Freedom class Littoral Combat Ship, the Mk 48 heavyweight torpedo and the Mk 41 Vertical Launch System--suggesting that big changes are ahead for maritime warfare.
I am disappointed. That is a response worthy of Scorch. What exactly is your problem with the article? You can't go around calling every open source article worthless, inaccurate or hyped when you are comparing it to your officially briefed perspective. Frankly @Randy Daytona calling something interesting carries more weight with me than you simply dismissing it without comment. The article lays out certain facts. Some a bit obvious for people like me with some knowledges. Which ones are completely false? The analysis in some places may seem shallow to people with knowledge beyond open sources, but that doesn't mean the conclusions are manufactured out of whole cloth simply to hype the article. I found little objectionable in the article. But given you are far more current on such things I'd expect to learn something from your take. But, alas, no.
Ask him about The Drive
What, the HAVOC article, or all the others? Makes a difference ?