How America’s Aircraft Carrier Crisis Reveals A Military Decline

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How America’s Aircraft Carrier Crisis Reveals A Military Decline​

America has 11 aircraft carriers. So why is the US Navy struggling to deploy more than three at once?These 100,000-ton floating airfields have long symbolised American military power. But delayed ships, lengthy repairs and overstretched crews are making it harder to keep them at sea. Does the carrier now reveal the limits of US military power?

Produced by Yasmin Butt

00:00 – America’s aircraft carrier problem
00:53 – Delayed ships and ageing carriers
02:24 – Trump’s proposed carrier redesign
03:25 – Longer deployments, greater strain
04:50 – The carrier gap in the Pacific
06:09 – The $25 billion carrier group at risk
07:30 – The cost to the wider fleet
08:38 – Shipyard decline and military power

 

[tower9]

American industrial capabilities is in severe decline. This eventually affects the military industrial complex. This is the primary reason why the Trump administration has given up on the pretense of a military conflict with China.

 

[F-22Raptor]

How America’s Aircraft Carrier Crisis Reveals A Military Decline​

America has 11 aircraft carriers. So why is the US Navy struggling to deploy more than three at once?These 100,000-ton floating airfields have long symbolised American military power. But delayed ships, lengthy repairs and overstretched crews are making it harder to keep them at sea. Does the carrier now reveal the limits of US military power?

Produced by Yasmin Butt

00:00 – America’s aircraft carrier problem
00:53 – Delayed ships and ageing carriers
02:24 – Trump’s proposed carrier redesign
03:25 – Longer deployments, greater strain
04:50 – The carrier gap in the Pacific
06:09 – The $25 billion carrier group at risk
07:30 – The cost to the wider fleet
08:38 – Shipyard decline and military power

The US Navy can surge 6 carrier groups during a major crisis.

CVN-79 Kennedy will deliver soon to the Navy. Ford carriers are now launching F-35Cs for the first time.

 

[atmi_bum]

American industrial capabilities is in severe decline. This eventually affects the military industrial complex. This is the primary reason why the Trump administration has given up on the pretense of a military conflict with China.

Neither side wants a military conflict because it benefits no one. Besides, the US is only spending 3.5% of its GDP on defense. During the Cold War, it nearly spent 10%. So there's room to expand capacity if it's needed. Other than that, I find the OP to be silly.