1041: #ClassicJerryHendrix: Do the Supercarriers go the way of the Dreadnoughts? 1of2 @JerryHendrix11, @CNASDC 2016
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Parler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow #ClassicJerryHendrix: Do the Supercarriers go the way of the Dreadnoughts? 1of2 @JerryHendrix11, @CNASDC 2016 http://www.nationalreview.com/article/424870/it-time-navy-reassess-importance-aircraft-carrier-george-will "...Henry J. Hendrix of the Center for a New American Security argues that, like the battleships which carriers were originally designed to support, carriers may now be too expensive and vulnerable. China has developed land-based anti-ship missiles to force carriers to operate so far from targets that manned aircraft might become less useful than unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) operating from smaller, less expensive carriers. The newest carrier, the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford, to be commissioned next year, cost $12.8 billion. Add the costs of the air wing, the support of five surface-combat ships and one attack submarine, and 6,700 sailors. The bill for operating a carrier group: $2.5 million a day. China, says Hendrix, could build more than 1,200 of its premier anti-ship missiles for the cost of one Ford carrier, and one of the 1,200 could achieve “mission-kill,” removing the carrier from the fight for months. The bad news is that America’s entitlement state is devouring the federal budget. The good news might be this axiom: As money gets scarcer, people get smarter...."