Sep 5, 2017 @ 01:08 PM 23,215
A Dozen Reasons Small Aircraft Carriers Don't Make Much Sense
Loren Thompson , Contributor
The U.S. Navy is building a new class of large-deck, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers that eventually will replace all ten of the Nimitz-class carriers in the current fleet. Called the Ford class -- the lead ship is named after President Gerald R. Ford -- the new carriers will host more aircraft and generate a third more sorties per day while requiring less manpower and greatly boosting on-board generation of electricity. Virtually every feature of the new carriers from their flight decks to their nuclear reactors has been redesigned.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2017/09/05/a-dozen-reasons-why-small-aircraft-carriers-dont-make-much-sense/#9893d9866419
