Thread: 1st Ford Class Supercarrier to join USN this year

Originally Posted by Miller47

What exactly had JFK accomplished as president?

Besides getting us into Vietnam?

He got us to the fuckin' Moon. From beyond the grave, too.



If that ain't worth a boat, I don't know what is.

Originally Posted by Engine-Ear

The next Ford class will be the JFK and will be delivered in 2020. Also a Navy vet.

I saw the original jfk back when she was new off the coast of spain back in the day. Compared to rusty rosie (uss roosevelt), which I was on, she was beautiful.

I feel so proud to live in a country that produces the largest aircraft carriers. NOT. I feel a lot poorer, I don't feel a wee bit safer. Of course we can now meddle in the South China Sea a bit easier.

Originally Posted by publius3

I feel so proud to live in a country that produces the largest aircraft carriers. NOT. I feel a lot poorer, I don't feel a wee bit safer. Of course we can now meddle in the South China Sea a bit easier.

If you could talk the rest of the world out of building weapons, maybe we could stop building them also.

Originally Posted by Engine-Ear

If you could talk the rest of the world out of building weapons, maybe we could stop building them also.

they're in a better position to say that about us than the other way around.

Originally Posted by Devil505

I'm sure it will be replaced by a more modern, less corrosive and easier to regulate form of power in the not to distant future.
Steam is 18th century technology.

Steam is not a "form of power." It's a means of converting heat energy into motion energy. It's also pretty efficient. Solar power plants use steam. So do nuclear power plants.

Originally Posted by publius3

they're in a better position to say that about us than the other way around.

Not really.

Originally Posted by Engine-Ear

Not really.

What portion of the world's weapons do we make?

The United States remains the world’s preeminent exporter of arms, with more than 50 percent of the global weaponry market controlled by the United States as of 2014.

U.S. Arms Sales Spiked in 2014

Originally Posted by Engine-Ear

If you could talk the rest of the world out of building weapons, maybe we could stop building them also.

You might note that a great many of our weapons systems are offensive in nature and not defensive.

Originally Posted by Hollywood

You might note that a great many of our weapons systems are offensive in nature and not defensive.

The same is true of Russian and European weapons.