Scary USS Gerald R. Ford - How Powerful is the CVN-78? US Navy's $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier

The new US Navy's $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier features a host of new and untested technology, including the ship’s two main turbine generators, a new dual-band radar system, advanced weapons elevators, and a new advanced arresting gear on the flight deck. U.S. President Donald Trump objected to the installation of some of the new systems such as General Dynamics’ new electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford.
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[@geraldmurphy1428]

I totally agree, how powerful the Air Craft Carrie' s are. I was USS Frankllin D. Roosevelt 1976. Bring' s back memories. Retired Navy Veteran.

[@drekarys]

Thank you for your service shipmate

[@geraldmurphy1428]

@@drekarys your more then Welcome.👍👍👍👍

[@Shahanshah101]

@@geraldmurphy1428 The reason US army didn't give stability to Afghanistan is the wrong strategy against the Gurilla Taliban Normal warfare strategy is nothing against the Taliban fighters who champion Gurilla warfare and the complex geography of Afghanistan.

[@danielrousseau4842]

FDR relieved us in in the MED in July 1957, and we were very glad to see her. I was a Marine orderly serving aboard LAKE CHAMPLAIN CVA39. That fall we were converted to CVS39.

[@geraldmurphy1428]

@@danielrousseau4842 thank you for your Service.

[@shadownor]

I can't wait for 80, there must always be a USS Enterprise.

[@kittymcpaws4862]

they should have saved it for the spaceforce

[@cancersfinalform299]

Who says we can't also have a space Enterprise?

[@classicgalactica5879]

She will be launched in a few short years.

[@JohnJohnson-dj2dv]

@@classicgalactica5879 another paperweight if they don't get the kinks worked out of all these new systems

[@classicgalactica5879]

@@JohnJohnson-dj2dv They will. Not sure why the delays but it is kind of embarrassing what's going on with the Ford. The USS Enterprise CVN-65 was the wonder of her day and age, and deployed in a record 11 months. Go figure.

[@petersipp5247]

I served on the USS Constellation CVA-64. She made 280,000 shaft horse power. Kitty Hawk did too. The both of them could haul posterior...without adding to the radioactive waste problem.

[@jasonb6468]

I sleep well knowing the US Navy is sailing the high seas. Ty for your service. Go Navy !

[@levelazn]

Sleep well that the navy is draining us tax payers money while people couldn’t go through 3 month lockdown without rioting due to insufficient reserves

[@godzefkiel2686]

@@levelazn don’t care.

[@drekarys]

Hooyah

[@lordzanthartehallen8963]

@@levelazn don’t care

[@levelazn]

@@lordzanthartehallen8963 you don’t ? Or the people who can’t afford healthcare don’t ? Lol

[@care2think611]

Thanks for the real human voice narration! Electronic voice narration is usually so annoying.

[@JohnSmith-oe5rx]

Care2 Think Yeeep.

[@fungus20009]

This guys voice isn’t far off electronic annoying .

[@chrisjeremiah4601]

I subscribed just for this reason

[@mariekatherine5238]

That's human?

[@buckeyesfan4700]

No, not usually ALWAYS

[@eugenehorvath2494]

One of the red shirts had VAQ-129 on the back. That was my squadron when I was in Vietnam. We flew the A-3 Skywarrior, and was stationed out of Whidbey Island Washington. That was in 1970 and 71.

[@vanderwallstronghold8905]

Once the USS Enterprise goes in service, redshirts die first.

[@danielfronc4304]

Massive respect, my brother.

[@kameronburg6330]

Those boats are all dead.. I spent 20 years on them.. They even shelved the Vinson.. First nuke I was on.. I think with politics today is that we are on a downward spiral.. Seriously we are worried about a few billion for a carrier and bezos gave his ex forty billion.. C'mon please!! If someone can buy your military..you don't have one !! It's that simple.

[@dalecain1158]

I served aboard the USS Kitty Hawk during the Viet Nam war. This carrier is much bigger and badder than the old ones! Love the video.

[@rayperkins4506]

Me too .

[@lohengrin5082]

When You realize that a single Ford Class carries more air power than most modern countries...

[@mst7806]

I think even the Nimitz class carries more air power than my country's entire Air Force. Good to the friends though!

[@michaelgoldsmith9359]

It houses 90 fighters while japan use carriers in ww2 had 80 such a small leap for such a large price gap

[@lohengrin5082]

@@michaelgoldsmith9359 You cannot compare WWII carriers with a Ford or even Nimitz class carrier. The number of planes is a meaningless metric when the planes are so different. An F-18 Is several times bigger and heavier than a Japanese Zero or US Hellcat. If we are talking size, the Shokaku class carriers had a max displacement of aprox 35 000 tones. Ford class goes up to 100 000 tones. But even that is a silly comparison. There are a million reasons why the Ford is so expensive but the bottom line is that there no point trying to compare a 1930s design to something from 2016.

[@reremouse1157]

Tanks and CV are all irony coffins in modern wars.

[@metalandstoneworker2345]

@@reremouse1157 only if nukes are deployed. In that case, God help us all..

[@Spacegoat92]

Let's make sure history never forgets the name ... Enterprise. - Jean Luc Picard

[@scottouellette9411]

How about U.S.S.HORNET & U.S.S. BEN FRANKLIN too.

[@dominicfong6341]

Dear Spacegoat92: great quote but that was uttered in the face of a dire situation and eminent defeat. With such mighty performance of the real world Enterprise, I believe no captain will ever have to say that again.

[@yongwaikeat9126]

Capt Kirk: Scotty, keep thing together until I get back, Scotty replies, I always do

[@zacan-rj3mc]

There's Klingons on the starboard bow of the Gerald R Ford! "scrap 'em off Jim!"

[@martindevon3204]

Um... Just before it was destroyed

[@bryanrowland899]

This explains water levels rising

[@mickavellian]

BRILLIANT

[@strawhatsgear5th]

Lmao best comment this year

[@fredking9118]

Good one.

[@bethewalt7385]

Ummmm, how so exactly? Don't even get why you'd say that or the correlation....

[@knotkool1]

yeah. cuz we've been launching aircraft carriers for 20'000 years.

[@michaelcapuano3648]

Being a US Navy Veteran of 20 yrs I truly enjoyed this. I served on 3 Aircraft Carriers and an Amphibious Assault Ship. Looking forward to seeing CVN-79 as the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) was my first Ship!!

[@dejalychhun7530]

My son is on the Gerald R Ford now. He’s stationed in Norfolk VA. Thank u for ur service. I’m so proud of the US and love he’s helping protecting our country.

[@michaelcapuano3648]

@@dejalychhun7530 TY Deja Ly Chhun and TY for Your Sons' Service. Keep in touch Patriot Mom!! 🇺🇸💪💯😎

[@dejalychhun7530]

@@michaelcapuano3648 🇺🇸 thank u Michael!

[@dutchrevolutionist1409]

I like how the US NAVY is by far boss of the oceans! Greetings from the Netherlands 🇺🇸🇳🇱

[@zerogamingyt7884]

I came here to see if they could carry both Kong and Godzilla at the same time

[@robertclifton5795]

I was in the Marines and we got a ride on a destroyer helping us do sub ops . One of the most incredible experiences of my life besides being allows to eat in the Captains mess ..... One of the best meals I ever had also . I can't even imagine how incredible it is on this ship ! ..... Semper Fi to all who serve on this ship ..... and all services !!!

[@rickmurray7123]

They are indeed a truly awesome machine. I say this as a pilot who flew missions over Vietnam from the Enterprise and America. I never got over the immensity of these man made, floating, maneuvering, machines which housed and supported 5,000 men and nearly 100 aircraft in any and all weather and anywhere on the ocean.

[@LONEWOLF-rq5tl]

@@rickmurray7123 Yeah,it's crazy how such things can even be built.

[@StormLaker]

I'm in love with the new design.......makes me wish I was 17 again so I could enlist and serve on one of these! One of my best friends joined the Navy and got to serve on the Tarawa, ferrying the Marines around the world wherever they were needed.

[@em-loof-tonnac]

Watching the U.S. Flag be raised and those Heroic Men and Woman in their stance alongside that ship at the end, was so moving, It brought tears to my eyes. I can proudly say, We have come a long way in our Naval Technology. Thank you for sharing this amazing video, and Thank you to all the brave people who serve our Beautiful Country (The United States Of America.) 🇺🇸 🙏

[@mickavellian]

Well said brother WELL SAID! Yip Yip....

[@imsolittt8595]

🔥🔥

[@DanielBrown-sn9op]

Do the poor, hungry, and homeless in the U.S. bring tears to your eyes like it does mine?# We can do better

[@boldngold5204]

@@DanielBrown-sn9op the hungry and homeless people aren’t homeless because of America, most likely they do drugs or took the wrong path in life

[@DanielBrown-sn9op]

As long as we use it for good, I'm with you.🇺🇸💪🙏🏾⚡🌎☮

[@bpl3393]

Love it, I served on the USS Carl Vinson CVN 70..

[@robertschmidt4408]

Cheers! West Pac 90.

[@GtheMVP]

WHat's it like serving on one of these monsters? Must be like a small city on the sea.

[@carolynmckinney3514]

My father supervised the building and installing of the cat and arresting gear and all sea trials on this carrier - god speed 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@danboren6567]

My daughter is an IS1 (AW) (SW) (EIWS) on the Ford and it is a great ship. Also I was a Nuke in the Navy, the Nimitz reactors are good for 20 - 25 years, the Ford's A1B is good for the life of the carrier. You forgot the Air Wing COD's which are very important. You are not pronouncing Grumman correctly. Great video, I really enjoyed it!

[@bryane2857]

I served both on the USS Midway and USS Nimitz. I always wanted to be on the Enterprise because of the historic name. Can't wait for the new CVN 80 even if they are the same ship. Just love the name.

[@ramal5708]

Bring back these names for an aircraft carrier, Valley Forge, Ticonderoga, Enterprise, Lexington, Yorktown, Bennington, Bunker Hill, Oriskany, Princeton, Lake Champlain and Shangri-la. No more carriers with politicians or ex presidents name.

[@ForbiddenAqui32729]

@@ramal5708 some of those carriers sunk on ww2 how can he bring it back

[@ForbiddenAqui32729]

@@ramal5708 btw you forgot uss hornet

[@shawncosmos5431]

Facianating how far radar has come. Gone are the huge rotating array (s) that have been common place for decades...Awesome ship! Go Navy!

[@domenicobartoccioni1610]

USA proved once again to be the leading country in military stuff. Stunning

[@trentslvis4332]

Yeah, at the cost in a decaying educational, infrastructure, and social system!!!. Just look at the mess the country is in now!!!.

[@imlivingunderyourbed7845]

As impressive as their military stuff are, I feel like they're going overkill with their budget.

[@arthas640]

i find it hilarious when China pretends like they can go toe to toe with the US in the air or at sea. They have a large army but they're navy is a joke, they brag about having an aircraft carrier when the US built their first carrier 108 years ago so the Chinese are a bit behind the game, they use designs like the sky jump deck that are almost never used by serious navies (the Queen Elizabeth being the only exception i know of since WW2), and they built it using Soviet scrap metal they had to lie to get from Ukraine. Those are the sorts of things you see from minor navies like Vietnam or Mexico, not world power navies.

[@arthas640]

@PCTech Guy the Brits used to have flat tops until recently with the Queen Elizabeth class, Frances is a flat top, Brazils is a flat top but it's a helicopter carrier so it has no use for a ramp, Russia uses mostly ramps because they traditionally have heavier planes and less reason to bother with a large navy (as well as lacking in naval tech since with the exception of their subs their navy is almost all defensive), india imported a Russian carrier so it has a ramp, Italy has 2 flat top carriers, Japan has flat tops, Spain has a ramp carrier, and Thailands carrier has a ramp. If you go by number of countries it's a fairly even split but if you go by raw ship numbers or tonnage then flat tops are more common, and the countries that operate flat tops are typically more advanced when it comes to naval tech since the flat tops are more complicated and usually require more work designing air craft that will work with them. The counties who've traditionally focused on flat tops are ones who've typically had a heavy focus on naval superiority (like France, Japan, UK, and of course the US) while the counties who've used ramps are usually "making do" with ramps to get a couple carriers in their fleets without investing too much. Even beyond their common political doctrine there's alot of parallels between the old Soviet Union and modern PRC. The USSR knew they couldn't compete at sea with the US/NATO so they used subs to avoid NATO ships and strike at random and focused alot on anti ship missiles to keep NATO at bay. They also wanted to at least give the illusion of a strong navy so they built some air craft carriers and capital ships that were mostly ineffectual with some being sort of "jack of all trades master of none" since they were too small or tried filling multiple roles like their Moska class that was part surface combat ship part helicopter carrier but not really good at either role. The Chinese meanwhile have their flag ship that was first a failed air craft carrier, then a pile of scrap, then was going to be a casino, then was smuggled into the country to be Jerry rigged into a capital ship... not the most prestigious or promising beginning especially since the chinese are just copying the soviet designs that as previously mentioned where kind of a mess and never designed to really compete with the US. Sorry I kind of went on a tangent there, I've partaken in the devil's cabbage and tend to ramble

[@frankmueller6522]

Go forward, America! Long live the Nato! Long live freedom! Down with all dictatorships and terrorists all around the world! Best wishes from Germany!

[@esburnside]

My dad got Sea-qual'd on the Kitty Hawk. This is a whole other level. The U.K., China, Japan, Russia, and others are in the carrier game now even after decades of the Nimitz Class dominance. Not sure how to anticipate.

[@rayperkins4506]

I was on the Kitty Hawk I the 60s .

[@DJones-nl5ld]

I spent over 38 years @ NNSY building and overhauling Aircraft Carriers. Every time I stepped on one, or under one, I'd shake my head in awe.

[@adrianthomas5304]

UK here to say we are proud of our son UK and USA brothers forever🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@calcrappie8507]

And now with the F-35C proving itself as a distant/over the horizon sensor platform, the carrier battle group gets much more lead time in case any enemy launches "carrier killer" type missiles. The stealthy F-35 will likely have the ability to shoot them down. The Ford class carrier has huge power reserves planned in for future rail guns and laser defense systems as well.

[@roberthudson1959]

The only problem is that someone didn't design the Ford to launch the F-35C. Succeeding ships in the class will be able to do so, but Ford won't have that capability until her first refit in about 10 years.

[@aranykert]

and in the meantime, millions of strong young men die! …and they all have family! For some, testosterone only ignited by killing!

[@vonparaz27]

Awesome... And thank you to all who serve/served...

[@Tonetwisters]

God bless my military personnel, in every way possible. Thank you for your service!!

[@danielmalloy6093]

Gerald R. Ford commissioned USS Nimitz CVN-68 In May 1975, cost 106.5 million (equivalent to 816.61 million today) The Nimitz was scheduled for de-commission in 2022, but that has been extended for 5 to 8 years.

[@ninjaprogres]

I like the Battlefield theme they used for the background soundtrack...👍😂

[@mjnmjn2958]

လူေတြတခ်ိဳ႕က အေတာ့္ေလးကိုေျပာရခက္တယ္ေနာ္ သမာဓိမရိွတဲ့လူသားတခ်ိဳ႕က အလုပ္လုပ္ေနရင္ မ်ွဥ္းေၾကာင္းနဲ႔မညီဘူး ဒါေတြစကားမ်ားခ်င္ေသးတယ္ ဘယ္လိုသားသမီးအမ်ိဳးအစားထဲကလူသားလဲ ေျပာရဆိုရတာ ခက္တယ္ လူစကားနားမလည္တာလား ခိုးဆိုးလိမ္လွွည္လ်ွက္စားၿပီး သူတို႔ရင္ထဲက ေကာက္က်္ေနတာသိသာေတာင္နကဘူး ေလထဲက ေလေဗြလိုင္းလုံးႀကီးအမဲေရာင္ထြက္ေနတယ္ အရင္ကဆိုထက္ အခုေတာ့ ပိုဆိုးေနၿပီးေလ ဘုရားတရား သံဃာ မိဘဆရာေက်းဇူး႐ွင္ ပုဂၢိဳလ္ပါအားလုံးေပါ့ကြာ ၾကံစည္သတ္ျဖတ္ေနတာကိုေန႔စဥ္မျပတ္အျမဲလိုလိုဆက္တိုက္ ျမင္ရ ၾကဳံရ. တဇာခံလဲခံ သူတို႔အတြက္ေၾကာင့္ တခႈ့အထက္လူႀကီးေတြမသိတာလား မေလ့လာတာလား အားလုံး ဝါခ်ိတ္ဆက္ထားေပးတဲ့လူရယ္ see more အစျဖစ္ၿပီးေနာက္ပိုင္း ဝါခ်ိတ္ေပၚလာေတာ့ မတရားလုပ္တဲ့လူေတြက အစအနကျဖစ္ၿပီး2019. 5. 6 လပိုင္းစၿပီးတေျဖးေျဖး လူေတြအတြင္းစိတ္ ေကာက္က်စ္ယုတ္မာ မသမာလုပ္ေဆာင္ခ်က္ေတြ လူမ်ိဳးဘာသာတိုင္းလိုလိုဒီsee more စျဖင့္ခ်င္းခုခ်ိန္ထိ ဂါခ်ိက္ ျဖစ္ေပၚလာတာ လူေကာင္း လူမိုက္ လူသတ္သမား အပင္သမား အစစအရာရာေပါ့ကြာအားလုံးလိုလို တိုက္ခိုက္ၿပီး က်န္ေနာ္တေယာက္ထဲတဇာခံလုပ္ေနရတယ္ မေျပာမဆဲမေတြးခ်င္ဘဲမတိုက္ခိုကိခ်င္ဘဲနဲ႔ လူသားေတြအတြက္ေျပာဆိုဆဲတိုက္ခိုက္ေပးရတာေမာေတာင္ေမာတယ္ See more ျပသာနာျဖစ္ေအာင္လုပိတဲ့အုပ္ခ်ဳပ္ေရးမူးသူ႔အဖြဲ႔က ေနျပည္ေတာ္က ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္လဲ ဒီsee more ျပသာနာကိုခုထိမေျဖ႐ွင္းဘူး က်န္ေနာ့ေမးပါအေၾကာင္းစုံ အေျဖေပးမယ္ ဘယ္သူမွဂုမစိုက္ဘူး အမႈကိုအဲလိုအခ်ိန္ဆြဲပီးအညဳင္းမခုံဆက္လုပ္ေျပာဆိုမဲ့အစား အမႈတရံခံေရာ တဇာခံမိသားစုကိုပါ မ်က္ႏွာခ်င္းဆိုင္အမႈ့ေမးျမန္းစစ္ေဆးေလ ဒါမွအမႈအကုန္လုံးေပၚေနမွာပါဗ်ာ

[@mattorama]

I'm a certified structural welder, I can only imagine the certifications and scrutiny that go into welding an aircraft carrier.

[@IgnoredAdviceProductions]

@Chuck Taylor Cause if they're not...oh dear

[@andersonsroad5161]

I worked on a LNG plant Bechtel built for Chevron here in Australia. Bechtel dont mess around. I know they fired a guy during the initial induction process when he arrived on site due to his perceived poor attitude during the induction. He flew in one day and flew out the next. . Then I saw them fire their own project manager because he was caught in a compromising situation with a woman. There were 9000 people on the project. I saw them eject a entire sub contractor company from the project because of the behavior of a few of its employees. Just tore up their contract and told them to get out. I shudder at what their standards must be like in building and installing reactors in warships for the US Navy. I found their American managers treated the Australian guys on the tools very well but were extremely hard on the sub contractor management teams. You could smell the fear in the air when the Bechtel managers were around....🤣🤣🤣

[@nerifterafrnam4682]

oh they have more than one welder, never fear.

[@mrfrisky2997]

Most of the big butt welds will by Sub Arc, similar to a Submarine

[@jeffreyharrell7667]

mattorama I’m a structural welder at the shipyard shown in this video currently working on cvn 79 right now all you have to do is pass the welding school they make you take as a new hire and that’s it lol I came in with no experience what so ever

[@GtheMVP]

Hearing another Enterprise in the mix always makes me smile, great video! Subscribed!

[@darekgawel9842]

GtheMVP

[@jonathanoconnor9546]

The keel for Enterprise was laid last summer.

[@wmdecker458]

Totally Amazing, Cat drags on CVA 63 took my hearing as a ACC Tech BT But overall Amazing, that was from the late 60s to early 70s. I still work for the Surface Navy.

[@sevenrats]

Yeah, well the Symphony of the Seas has 3 water slides, 2 flow riders, a skating rink and 22 restaurants and 42 bars! Top that!

[@sluggoman2551]

Yup and that thing has a much better chance of sinking, burning, losing power, etc. like so many cruise ships over the last 20 or 30 years have experienced unlike supercarriers.

[@JohnSmith-oe5rx]

sevenrats Great.

[@sevenrats]

@@sluggoman2551 You aren't very smart. Do you have any idea how many cruises sail every year? Do you have any idea how rare it is for there to be any problem at all? Do you have any idea how many accidents there are on the very small number of aircraft carriers there are? Obviously not. It is much much more dangerous to be on an aircraft carrier than any cruise ship.

[@growforit8736]

@@sevenrats hot and fast

[@dabestnapinoy]

@cobyascalon... check this out!! 42 coffee shops!!

[@Luan.S.R.]

The best Carrier ever 🇧🇷🇺🇸

[@wrestlingbear1188]

You wouldn't believe what that thing could do. It is literally a mighty fortress at sea.

[@dano727]

The best video on the new Ford class that I have seen !

[@reubencarter3004]

I hope the Nimitz class carriers are not fully retired. I doesn't hurt to have a few carriers available for mainline defence. My guess is that they semi-retire these ships. I hope they continue to maintain the Nimitz while in drydock.

[@brunowalterpimenta5299]

Truly amazing Carrier! Congratulations from Brazil!

[@nerifterafrnam4682]

you want one ?

[@AshesWorkshop]

The fact that the background music is the Battlefield theme is just awesome

[@niagarascenes]

Great video! Enjoyed the update on the carrier.

[@bcask61]

Do the elevators work yet? How about the launch system?

[@shaunkirby273]

Excellent 🙏🏻

[@j.m.youngquist419]

It is the man , women and the Air Wings that makes these Carries the Leather Weapons that are. Go Navy !

[@sweeperdave1]

Proud to have been on the design and build team for the propulsion system.

[@lLooN3y]

Loved the battlefield theme song on this

[@rockkitty100]

The fourth and fifth Ford carriers have been authorized. CVN 81, the USS Doris Miller, a great name for an American Hero and CVN 82, yet to be named.

[@terrynichols7199]

From my knowledge from VA 75 A6A Intruder squadron that was on the USS Enterprise before I went over to Nam on the USS Coral Sea (CVA43) in VA 35, also an A6A Intruder Squadron, guys I talked with said the top speed of the USS Enterprise was top secret. It was also a nuclear carrier. VA 35 and VA 75 were stationed out of NAS Oceana, Virginia. One friend from VA 35 said the rooster tail was above the flight deck,, that's moving. The Coral Sea was an old carrier when we were deployed in 69-70.

[@MelissaTimea99]

3 instead of 4 elevators sounds good. When I was on the Vinson in the 90's, it seemed like they were only ever using 3 elevators, and 1 was always dormant.

[@xxportalxx.]

'Northrup Grooooooman' lmfao I've never heard it said that way in my life

[@LTVoyager]

Yes, makes one suspect the rest of the video when you can’t get something as simple as that correct.

[@TDQ_Gaming]

Referring to classes by their hull number is also kind of awkward.

[@sdcoinshooter]

LtVoyager. Yeah, I agree

[@nerifterafrnam4682]

nothing can possiblee go wrong

[@rogaineablar5608]

You're killing me with "Grooman." It's "Grumman," like rum the liquor, hence the double M.

[@storytimewithunclebill1998]

Talk about bad ass and efficient, this thing is a beast. Was interesting to watch. Great info and video

[@nicholasdavies8795]

That is one floating town .... incredible engineering !

[@raymartin9091]

I love our US military and never forget their families contributions which are every bit as important maybe more and often go unrecognized.

[@mandygarrison8188]

My sons on the USS Ford

[@garymcaleer6112]

Magnificent!

[@gunner2gunner]

No matter what company owns the shipyard it will always be The Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Great job on the Ford.

[@quantumpotential7639]

Imagine an aircraft carrier going fast enough that it can pull a water skier. Now THAT is power!!

[@matthewb9241]

What a monster. This ship is huge.

[@felixcat9318]

I'd like to have seen the newly improved crew quarters.

[@kineticstar]

Rejected!! That would cost too much!! 🤣 🤣

[@Mr.Bluntastic]

Bwahahaha

[@cat-lw6kq]

Me too, during the Vietnam war I served on a ship built in 1944. it wasn't made for comfort.

[@MrFlatage]

@@cat-lw6kq Haha go serve on a cruise ship then. Loads of wimps on those. To really serve on a warship you do not get comfort. That only shows how weak a person is.

[@compache2044]

@@MrFlatage oh shut up. It would still be nice to have improved baracks. Its a new ship after all so why not? Besides theres news that itll have a new layout. Which may mean no more boot prints on my damn sheets lmao.

[@imacmadman22]

The "Grumman" in Northrop-Grumman is pronounced with a short 'u' vowel sound, similar to the words 'sum' or 'plum' so it sounds more like "Gr-um-un." I served in the US Navy for twenty years, a portion of that time on three aircraft carriers, USS Nimitz, CVN-68, USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 and USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75. I met several employees of the Northrop-Grumman corporation, all of them were very professional and dedicated to their work, the US Navy is in very good hands with them.

[@marissaaprillia750]

Great job. Great channel. knowing i always find something new here

[@dicksonlarbi3653]

Powerful aircraft carrier USA💪

[@GreyHorse019]

Devastating Power,

[@I.M.A.Panther3619]

Ho Chi Wang , I don’t think The People’s Republic of China actually WANTS to sink US Ships or use its military against any USA targets. Why, you ,ay ask ? BECAUSE CHINA HAS BOUGHT A HUGE AMOUNT OF USA FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DEBT FROM THE US Treasury, and they receive bug bucks in interest payment every damn day. The US treasury in turn owes the “Federal Reserve” as well but I really don’t know how that happens. Seems more like the Federal Reserve just makes up money out of nothing and the US taxpayers gets to be indentured servants ....... I dunno. It’s weird.

[@lmao.3661]

@Ho Chi Wang an aircraft carrier has a very large and effective defence system to tackle threats which is constantly advancing.

[@acuramattb4525]

Ho Chi Wang What are you talking about Its not world war 2 technology its modern and nothing could ever get in range the carrier to attack it with missiles with the defending aircraft it has

[@johnmcdonald9304]

@Ho Chi Wang You're fucking idiot, you know that?

[@rodwarner7484]

Makes my old carrier I was on look positively puny but then my chances of getting lost were a lot less I suspect.

[@adorabledeplorable5105]

Sure wish I could do a cruise on the ship. I served on the Midway during the early 70’s. V-2 div arresting gear .

[@RxDoc2010]

I was on the Stennis (CVN-74) and there is no way to show in a video like this what just one nuclear powered aircraft carrier is capable of. The USN currently operates 11 of the worlds 44 aircraft carriers. That is some scary firepower. This taken with the fact that the USN is the second largest “Air Force” in the world, should give any nation pause when thinking about testing our waters.

[@trixstermillion2190]

Damn, look at that thing move.

[@andrewschmidt3718]

The most powerful carrier in the fleet an awesome force to be deployed

[@jundeleon455]

Ty for updating me U.S.military hardware's

Alright. Resurrection of the "ENTERPRISE" CV 80. I would be proud to serve on the ENTERPRISE. Beam me up, Captain.

[@rfjohns1]

Wow, it’s a “sports” carrier. I’m really hoping for a muscle carrier

[@TheTallMan50]

That means it can hit 30 knots faster than you can wash your car.

[@mutaherali8297]

Trojan war was won by brains.

[@dorianleakey]

its interesting how difficult to understand the size it is, certain angles make it look kid of normal, then from a distance it looks huge.

[@phtim776]

Ms. Giao Phan currently serves as Executive Director for Ship Maintenance and Modernization (SEA21B) at the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)

[@aaronwhc]

😀 how epic does this look would be brilliant to see it sail into the UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇸

[@johnsmind]

Man I wish I could design one of those. My grandfather was a German US shipbuilder who was pulled out of retirement to run the shipyard that built the second Hornet. He died of heart failure right after which was why he retired in the first place. I'm very proud of that.

[@timcasey5835]

Glad we’re on the same team and chip in with our Queen Elizabeth class of carriers with our own US F-35 Lightning II jets (thank you) !!

[@timcasey5835]

Thanks for making me feel welcome. Just found your channel and I’m already a fan. Would love to see a piece on the Russian Kirov class of battle cruisers and how the US/Western navies would take it on . I’m red, white and blue all the way through but I got to say they are a game opponent....

[@Bartonovich52]

@ Tim Casey. No need. Russia would reduce your fleet to ashes with TU-160 Blackjacks before you were in range to launch your aircraft. Which is kind of funny because this was a British play from the 1950s. The Royal Navy realized it could never match Soviet Sverdlov cruisers with cruisers of its own.. so it invented the Blackburn Buccaneer.

[@timcasey5835]

@@Bartonovich52 Is that one with propellers?

[@timcasey5835]

@@Bartonovich52 where is your 'aircraft carrier'? Broken down somewhere perhaps.... Did you know it permanently has a tug boat following it because it breaks down so often.....

[@dkrink3]

@@timcasey5835 Burn!😂😂😂

[@kempmt1]

Is it possible to install some of these systems (EMALS) on the later Nimitz class ships? 5:07-there is a vertical launch system for Evolved Sea Sparrow (Mk48), why don’t they use it instead of the Mk39 launchers? 6:22-too bad you don’t have the S-3 Viking, or it’s replacement, if there is one.

[@westbygod_304]

Love the battlefield theme in the background

[@jajupa78]

Thank you lord for letting me be born in America.

[@arrowup8711]

Amen brother

[@bubbleboyE40]

Fr fr LMAO.

[@eifeldude1]

Yes thank you for allowing me to get fucked by corporate America where we worship starving billionaires who need constant welfare and thank you for giving us the worlds worst and most expensive healthcare

[@williamkillingsworth2619]

eifeldude1 are you dumb or just plain stupid?

[@daltonturner3113]

@@eifeldude1 Move somewhere else, I'll wait

[@jicks224]

The music🤩 Battlefield 1942 omg i love it

[@sixpapavictor]

Mad Repsect and Love for The US Navy.... HOOYAH!!!!

[@brianwinters5434]

The levels of savings from automation is awesom. I served on a destroyer in the mid 70s had 400 men. that workload could be manned by less than 200 personel.

[@RVLTR]

That's 200 less jobs for people. Not good for the economy. As robots and automation take over people will be forced to have a universal basic income. Basically everyone will be on welfare. How long do you think the scum running the world will allow that? It will just make it even easier for them to justify genocide. Think its a joke? Its already being planned...

[@jpthomason]

The Captain of the Zumwalt's name is James Kirk. I'll put fifty bucks up that says he'll be Captain of the new Enterprise within ten years of her being commissioned.

[@MrFlatage]

Commissioned her with a 'live long and prosper' even. However he has been on US carrier command staff before and is now captain of the most advanced destroyer that doesn't really work. If keeps growing them brass balls 6-8 years before he will be commanding a US carrier but not the Enterprise. No way they will give command of the Big E to a inexperienced captain.

[@patricklappert7420]

Not likely. Zumwalt is a destroyer, and therefore commanded by a black shoe, surface warfare type. Aircraft carriers are always commanded by brown shoe Naval Aviators.

[@jarvisaddison8560]

@@patricklappert7420 facts, black shoes largest ship would be a LHD amphibious assault ship which both sides can command, I was on the bataan lhd5

[@starrculwell598]

@@patricklappert7420 and said fly boys got to go to Nuclear power school as well in order to even be an XO

[@francobarone7437]

Is more what represents than what it is, like the Yamato and the Bismarck is just a big target at sea, nothing is unsinkable.

[@timburm8847]

Franco Barone the carrier is you can't beat it with ships you can't beat it with aircraft and it's also the most protected ship on the planet because the first time something even shoots in the carriers direction the USA is gonna own the nation that fired the shot and if the carrier sinks the nation that sunk it is gonna sink

[@gronarsky]

Except Molly Brown.

[@ILOVEDADDY69]

If anybody shot as the carrier they would be completely destroyed

[@timburm8847]

Vegan Jerry no Molly brown would be ashes

[@francobarone7437]

@@timburm8847 Exactly what I said, is more what represents than what really is, that's the main reason people thinks two tor three times before shooting at it.

[@kingsleyzissou5881]

The shots are incredible. Do you guys do some of the filming yourselves?

[@MysticExile111]

What a monster of a ship!

[@augustomachete1715]

Are you mispronouncing Grumman? Maybe you're thinking of Groom Lake, NV.

[@vadimgoeke2023]

USA FOR THE WIN EVERY TIME

[@621Tomcat]

certified capable of delivering democracy to commies

[@Somerando8282]

Except the Vietnam war

[@621Tomcat]

@@Somerando8282 shhhhhh

[@zoltangerendas1658]

Tell me why, tell me why need the soldiers have to die. Really for freedom?

[@atesone76]

@Indi thats the last real war anyones ever been in

[@siv.vel.q.7454]

USS Gerald R Ford : somos lider de la flota😎 , grande y orgulloso 😎

[@kenparnell4297]

I saw a theoretical design proposal for a monster carrier last year I think it was I was sitting around and googled carrier designs and they had a carrier that was pretty much two carriers put together with double sets of landing and launching strips the conning towers were two and moved to the center one up forward and one more toward the aft of the ship. Oh, and there were two secondary towers on the far side of the port and starboard and those were to keep the ships defensive systems out where they could watch and react to any inbound missiles or attacks large or small. All that was mounted on two hulls put together like catamarans, there was a small gap between the two monster hulls and you could both launch and recover planes at the very same time. Double drives and pretty much double the capacity. Everything on that sucker was gonna be over the top awesome. The GR Ford cost 13 billion so I would guess that would cast about double, maybe more since no one has a drydock for that puppy to side into. But I bet it would make Putin poop cement blocks.

[@francobarone7437]

With all the respect for the technology involved who is simply amazing.

[@albertdebulhoes3611]

A real superpower!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@albertdebulhoes3611]

@am d Hi, in every process of conquest mistakes, injustices, and arbitraties will be committed, but today the native Americans have the utmost respect of all, and the white population of America is proud of having the blood of such warriors in their veins. I have the warriors of America in the highest regard, Tecumseh for me is a hero. There's the problem of the native Americans and the alcoholism, but I'm pretty sure that if the communities press the politicians, this issue will improve, now with the cassino's law the standarts of living have been improving, although I personally don't like gambling. You are a warrior, be proud of it, I know it's hard but it's time to fight for your people's future, so begin with education, health and the glorious memories of your ancestors, become a politician and look to new days to come. My respects warrior.

[@Jack3md]

am d What a dumb, completely uneducated incorrect statement. Stupid foreigner

[@mutaherali8297]

Super power to bully weak nations.

[@vaughncooper23]

Mutaher Ali foreigner

[@MrFlatage]

@@albertdebulhoes3611 You talk of respect but why the lie? I shall tell no lie ... George Washington. So where is this evidence of any 'superpower' you claim is real? I am asking you as per the Burden of Proof in the original United States Constitution.

[@richardpoynton4026]

Very impressive. I expect the service life would be something like a century? With several service life extension programmes during its lifetime?

[@uum6]

I know little about this topic, but I hope they have solid backup plans. Seems like a swarm of drones with EMPs could ground all aircraft, as opposed to a steam system. The exposed bridge seems an artifact of the past. Yes, it's very well defended, but eliminating risk entirely by hiding command below deck would be ideal. A suite of digital and analog sensor systems could ensure minimal loss of visibility. Again, I really have no background in this, and still think carriers are the coolest ships ever to sail!

[@Skedawg88]

There are secrets regarding this carrier we aren't aware of. Top secret. At least before Trump anyway.

[@ThaiEgho]

6:56 It's 50 cent! He works as green shirt now...

[@jamesmartin9401]

At that cost, they should be helicarriers like S.H.I.E.L.D.'s in the Avengers.

[@josephmuncie2381]

Your an idiot

[@hardworker3000]

Joseph Muncie your a buzzkill

[@emptulik]

the background battlefield theme is so

[@kimsmithih]

They should put a giant bumper sticker on the rear of the ship - "FUCK AROUND, FIND OUT"

[@Michaelyinglia]

Can't wait for Enterprise to come back.

[@ofausto07]

THE BIG E

[@bestamerica]

hi M Y... ' yeaaa would be nice Enterprise re-duty ship

[@gadget19k76]

I honestly believe we should NEVER be with out a USS Enterprise active in the fleet. The history of the namesake should justify always having one active.

[@rolfstamenov9914]

Was on it in Oakland as a kid!

[@joevicmeneses8918]

@@gadget19k76 ; that's what SECNAV said during the decommissioning of the last Enterprise.

[@droch121]

I love how they say 30+ knots - when you are on a CG going full power close to 30 Knots and a nuke carrier disappears over the horizon because its going so much faster - its so much fun to do an unrep next to one of these when they go to flight quarters

[@shiftycaponeixi1]

Good to see my work put to use