October 26, 2018
The Navy's New Super Aircraft Carrier Has Some Big Problems. Take a Look.
"The ship’s electric advanced arresting gear is supposed to be able to go 16,500 landings between mission failures. It can do 19."
by Dan Grazier
The American people are stuck with the tab for an unproven weapon that may never live up to the lavish promises used to sell it, leaving the troops with a system that could fail them at the very moment they need it the most. It should also be noted that that there are plenty of people in Congress who are complicit in this plan. More than 100 lawmakers recently sent a letter to the secretary of defense pushing for the two-carrier deal.
The U.S. Navy wants to go all in on the USS Ford-class aircraft carrier program. Less than a year after the first-in-class ship’s commissioning — before it ever launched or recovered an aircraft, a first in history — the sea service is exploring options to buy similar vessels in bulk.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/navys-new-super-aircraft-carrier-has-some-big-problems-take-look-34407
