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Old 12-03-2007, 01:30 AM   #278 (permalink)
JA Boomer
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Originally Posted by Feanor View Post
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.
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.
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