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Originally Posted by Feanor
More CVBGs. With only 12, and each carrier carrying less and less aircraft with each new generation of carriers, sacrificing any more carriers or plane-carrying capacity, would seriously impair force projection capability.
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I believe the US Navy has only 11 active carriers on staff today. I think under the current plan, the number of carriers is even scheduled to dip to 10 before coming back up to 11 and then 12.