USS Gerald Ford
Daniel Gouré, RCD: The Navy's New Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers Could Be a Game Changer (And We Need More of Them)
With their ability to move globally, project power against the land from a sovereign base at sea, act as the centerpiece for the organization of naval forces to exert sea control and to deploy a wide array of aerial platforms, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN) may be this nation’s number one asymmetric military advantage.
Our prospective adversaries have acknowledged as much by their extensive and expensive efforts to place the CVN at risk.
A new class of CVNs, the Ford, multiplies the advantage provided by the older ships. Its electromagnetic launch system, advanced arresting gear, placement of the tower, state-of-the art power generation system and new radar will allow the Ford to generate some 25 percent more sorties than its older brethren. Its defensive system and stealth features will provide improved protection against a range of threats. Investments in information technology and automation will enable Ford-class CVNs to operate more effectively and efficiently with a smaller crew.
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WNU Editor: This new U.S. aircraft carrier does have its problems .... More Problems With The U.S. Navy’s Newest Aircraft Carrier (May 23, 2018).
8 comments:
Problems...of course, every new weapon has a lot of problems. The good side is for the next other one's, these problems would be fixed as usual.
What I have yet to see is how something with such a large signature is going to not be visible to a satellite. Infared, radar, comm signals, and who knows what else.
We seem to be unable to reliably protect them from subs. That has been demonstrated. The Cuban missile crisis in the 60's, if the book whose name I don't immediately recall is accurate, saw a Russian sub with a carrier in it's sights and only the refusal of a lower echelon officer to let loose with a nuclear warhead equipped torpedo prevented an incident that would likely have led to a nuclear exchange to add to a crippled or sunk carrier.
Anon,
Nothing will be perfect, of course, in a war we will have necessary losses. The fact we possess better weapons is still a good thing. When we are "inferior" it's a HUGE problem...why when our adversaries are "inferior" it will not be a huge problem for them?
One thing that I have noticed about you, is your tendency to point out defects and negatives about US technology and play up so-called Chinese technology. You do it almost every time, you had an newer article about Chinese Type 55 destroyer with no negative comments, then comes this article about the new US carrier and your comment about its problems.
Stephen,
No.
I have pointed numerous times that U.S. military technology is vastly superior to anyone elses. Even on the Chinese Type 55 destroyer post the National Interest article points out that the older US warships are probably superior to the new class of Type 55 destroyers. And as for my pointing out the problems with U.S. military tech, I am simply posting what the U.S. experts are saying, not my own opinoion.
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