David Axe, National Interest: 'We Will All Be Dead' By the Time Navy Gets to 12 Aircraft Carriers Says Acting Navy Secretary
Problem? Under current planning, the Navy won’t grow to 12 flattops until 2065, Modly pointed out during an event at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington, D.C.
“We will all be dead” by the time the U.S. Navy grows its fleet of aircraft carriers to 12 vessels, acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly predicted in late January 2020.
Under current planning, the Navy won’t grow to 12 flattops until 2065, Modly pointed out during an event at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington, D.C.
And that’s the best-case scenario. Under the worst case, the fleet might lose carriers instead of adding them.
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WNU Editor: Here is one solution to have 12 aircraft carriers (maybe) .... Is The Royal Navy The Solution For America's Aircraft Carrier Troubles? (Michael Peck, The National Interest).
I still do not understand the need for 12 carriers, that is where all the Navy's considerable money is going to. Couldn't they get by with say 8 and a pile of missiles, etc...Just saying , carriers are expensive.
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