World Affairs Board - View Single Post - Bring Back The Iowa Class Discussion And Debate

Anon · 03-23-2005, 20:34 PM

I agree with most of that, but i do think that we're really at the lower end of carriers in the fleet.

Remember, our carriers now carry about 30 less A/C than they did during the 90TACAIR days of the Cold War, so in effect, we really only have about 9 carriers worth of(some would say less effective) planes when compared to the Cold war force structure.

The interesting thing is that i'm not calling for a BB instead of a carrier, or BBs at all....i'm just stating that they're far more useful than just providing NGFS even as presently configured.

I don't think they'll ever be re-activated.

03-23-2005, 20:34 PM	#102 (permalink)
Anon New Member Join Date: 08-03-03 Posts: 0	I agree with most of that, but i do think that we're really at the lower end of carriers in the fleet. Remember, our carriers now carry about 30 less A/C than they did during the 90TACAIR days of the Cold War, so in effect, we really only have about 9 carriers worth of(some would say less effective) planes when compared to the Cold war force structure. The interesting thing is that i'm not calling for a BB instead of a carrier, or BBs at all....i'm just stating that they're far more useful than just providing NGFS even as presently configured. I don't think they'll ever be re-activated.