>laundry room fire will put ship out of action for 2 years
Who pooped in the dryer?
>standard deployment for vessel is six months>deploy it for more than 10>catastrophic maintenance issues occurwho could have predicted this
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>>531438521It is interesting. Ex-CIA analyst Larry johnson straight up said the carrier was hit and did not elaborate. If it was a mutiny or a hit I wouldn't be surprised either way. What I don't accept is that it randomly caught fire.
>>531438814It was not a hit.Is this the same ship that had toilets clogged at the beginning of the conflict? Most likelly a mutinity but there are no proof or they are dealing with it silently.
>>531438521>May 31, 2024> Houthis claim to have hit Eisenhower operating in Red Sea> Navy denies > June 7, 2024 Eisenhower spotted in satellite images departing Red Sea claiming mission accomplished >March 2026, Ford has a laundry fire that takes 30 hrs to put out and displaces 600 sailors>”everything is fine”>Ford withdraws to Greece>at the same time, the Lincoln which was stationed 350 km south of the coast of Iran in the Arabian Sea, withdraws to a distance of 1000 kmYeah this is all bullshit, these things are getting hit.
>>531439116He's literally an ex glow in the dark CIA nigger. Run him over with your car. If anyone in the youtube sphere was in a position to know what actually happened to the carrier I suspect it would be him.
>>531438521Do we have any cites for "2 years" beyond a 3 week old tweet? If this thing needs extensive repairs, they're not taking it to Crete.
It just arrived in greece. If it was hit by a missile prove it with evidence of external damage or shut up
>>531439116its 100% what it is. There is a civil war of infighting on board with the sailors who have been deployed nearly longer than midway was in WW2
>>531439116Yes, they have been trying to nigger rig this thing for years.Do the jeets have a navy?
>>531439310Aren't carriers in general just outdated vintage war assets? It's drone war now, flying and aquatic ones, with a sparkle of missiles.
>>531438521how are we supposed to win the war when we can't even do laundry without BTFOing our own ship?
>>531440013yes, but USS doesn't know that yet
>>531440013Surface ships in general really, that’s why Russia submaxxed. The US carriers are strategic assets as much as they are tactical ones, their primary strategic purpose being the intimidation factor. They are the ultimate symbol of empire. Which is why they’ll never admit anything
>>531440013That's an extremely complicated question that no one person here is qualified to answer. >are carriers outdated?A debate around this would be extremely interesting. Russia would probably say yes but china would say no. They're apparently going all-in on carriers for some reason. Wtf is china going to do with a carrier?
Is it just me or does the total failure of missle interceptors reframe the vulnerability of carriers?The story used to be that the strike group would shoot down any and all missles before getting close to the carrier.
>>531440013Step 1) Repurpose Carrier to store and deploy dronesStep 2) ???Step 3) PROFIT!!
>>531438814Nah, the laundry rooms have marines or other retards shoving boots into the driers and the electrical can get submerged, making the entire room hotskinned (there is no ground as the ship floats) It's a nightmare and usually the EM just take kickbacks for allowing shit to fly that shouldn't be allowed.
>>531438521they should all just wash in salt water and stink a bit like in the good old days
>>531440892yeah, obviously. if its still about controlling the airspace then a carrier is exactly what you want
>>531440861> Is it just me or does the total failure of missle interceptors reframe the vulnerability of carriers?Only to the public, the MIC itself has long known that ballistic missile counter measures are extremely unreliable. The nature of the physics problem has just so many variables that have to solved for in real time, the favour is always in the offensive missile. And thats even ignoring things like radar dummies and maneuvers in the terminal phase.
>>531441218Frankly we should just design a dedicated Drone Carrier. The crew compliment would be significantly lower, the ship would be cheaper to build, and it would slot into existing naval groups just fine.
>>531440489Russia submaxxed because they couldn't keep up with western ship production
>>531440991>there is no ground as the ship floatsyou cant be this retardedyou literally cant
>>531440013and how do you get those drones across the planet exactly?
>>531441316>>531440861Even if carriers were sitting ducks waiting to get blown up, actually doing it is an extremely reckless move. Current US doctrine for a sunk carrier is to retaliate with nukes. They probably wouldn't have the balls to do that but a sunk carrier could potentially enrage the public and give the government a blank cheque to do whatever the fuck they want.
>>531441385>The crew compliment would be significantly lower,how much lower would you think? there'd still be a need for lots of drone techs, operators and so on. wouldnt be surprised if there have been plans drawn up for such a ship but i also dont see regular carriers going out of fashion anytime soon either.
>>531442049>how much lower would you think?Perhaps as low as a Destroyer, assuming it's intended to be escorted by other ships. Even if the crew compliment is a little higher, like 400~600, that's still like 1/8th of the Gerald R Ford.
>>531441952Why even bother, anon?I look forward to our age verification overlords
>>531442003>balls to do that but a sunk carrier could potentially enrage the public and give the government a blank cheque to do whatever the fuck they want.people here take to the streets and protest that accomplished nothing whist chimps and glowinthedark incite more violence
>>531438749>The average military deployment is typically between six and 12 months long
>>531443424>12 months longThat's for ships that don't have to acid wash their plumbing every four months.
>>531443549you should stop getting your information from boomer X accounts
>>531443967>boomer X accountshttps://www.npr.org/2026/01/17/nx-s1-5680167/major-plumbing-headache-haunts-13-billion-u-s-carrier-off-the-coast-of-venezuela
