The True Cost Of The Most Advanced Aircraft Carrier | True Cost

[@ilovestarship]

“It’s been plagued with unexpected costs and delays” pretty much sums up every single military project

[@mayainverse9429]

i mean that sums up every human project. nearly everything has unexpected costs and delays. including video games or even movies.

[@ilovestarship]

@@mayainverse9429 cough cough cyberpunk 2077 cough cough

[@UptownDegree]

That is the nature of those projects...

[@verlax8956]

hhhhh

[@LexlutherVII]

the us government is being beyond scammed,😭 they should hire European companies!!!

[@elmohead]

If USA installs RGB lighting on it, it'll go at least 30% faster.

[@riadulislam1816]

You mean a bmw m badge

[@elmohead]

@@riadulislam1816 hehe

[@snuckel4]

Paint it red so it goes fasta

[@trainwithmrlee]

If they use Chinese workers it will be 90% cheaper too then agian ..

[@zainophrenicgaming2727]

Dont forget change every Normal chair into Good Gaming Chair in that Carrier

[@psychopompous3207]

"The Dept. of Defense made the Aircraft Carrier program far more expensive than it needed to be". Understatement of the year.

[@waltuhgoodman3427]

Understatement of the year? Wait till China invades Taiwan, and you get drafted.

[@psychopompous3207]

@@waltuhgoodman3427 Lol, I wouldn't get drafted. You have a better chance of that than me.

[@earthmotherr5230]

It's insultingly understated tbh.

[@treelonmusk5723]

"yes mr president we need 7B $ for our new carrier" "How much you said?" "9B$ sir" "Why so much?" "Sir its gonna be one of a kind , thats why we need 11B$" "Yeah well" "Thank you sir , so dont forget to get our 13.3B$"

[@Generic_Noob]

“What w-“ “Thanks so much mr president”

[@Gunslinger832]

president:😐

[@smartbaba1321]

🤣🤣

[@kinglolmon6453]

Expecting a monster

[@crazyshorts4278]

*Lockheed Martin shares go brrrr*

[@BOMBON187]

"Designed to save billions" - said no defense contractor ever

[@Nietabs]

Ikr

[@BobuxGuy]

"defense"

[@Naiuhz]

Lockheed Martin said that when they said the F-35 would share parts with the F-22.

[@EnclaveHater07]

@@Nietabs Ok Mr. Weapons Dealer

[@henrylam92]

That’s just the sales pitch 😂 everyone knows it will take twice as long & expensive

[@robertenglish9838]

I used to work in a Naval Shipyard and witnessed many test explosions as in the opening of this video. What was strange is that the test barge would attract hundreds of sea gulls, sitting on it during the countdown. When the count got down to about 10 seconds, all the seagulls would take off and fly away from the barge. After the massive explosion, the seagulls would return and harvest the fish killed by the explosion. The question is, how did the sea gulls know to take off just before the explosion?

[@mindgoesbodyfollows]

That is fascinating

[@kermanshah123]

Illuminati confirmed

[@HeavenlyMandate]

I've been asking the same thing. In Asia, we got a lot of natural disaster, especially the one involving ring of fire around Pacific. Every time a volcanic eruption's about to happen, animals like tiger, snake, panther, puma would go down from the mountain into urban areas despite no other signs before the eruption, they'll refrain themselves from eating one another or harm humans. The craziest thing is that the same incident happened when there was about to be a tsunami, animals in the zoo became nervous and began to be stressed, walking around their cage.

[@xJohnny_Ax]

@@HeavenlyMandate it’s been well documented that animals have a “sixth sense” about stuff like that. If you ever see wildlife acting strange and begin running/flying off in a particular direction, quickly follow them, they’re most likely escaping a disaster.

[@XMysticHerox]

@@xJohnny_Ax We have a "sixth sense" too. It´s nothing supernatural just subconciousness making connections.

[@JesusisSalvation77]

The Toilets were made by EA with an unclog DLC behind a paywall

[@BananaTrex]

this comment is **chefs kiss**

[@xdrzdontfall9704]

Probably the most underrated hidden comment of KZbin *hails writer*

[@realhuman4396]

@@BananaTrex mWUa

[@fatdoi003]

yeah.. every sailor needs to buy a toilet season pass

[@MisdemeanorMisdemeanor]

That's good . So you been playing E.A sports . What about that New Nascar game or wait basketball game with all new same features . Yeah your hidden message is clear here .

[@sparkdaniel]

50% of those prices are shady contractors charging 50 dollars for a 10 cent nail.

[@NoMoreBLUEISIS]

Those are the buddies of the government. They're all in on the scam together, quit funding these idiots with your stolen taxes

[@NoMoreBLUEISIS]

@Netflix Prime that's how your taxes are being fleeced and wasted numb nutz

[@NoMoreBLUEISIS]

@Netflix Prime 🤡

[@Smithy250]

Shady contractors? Nah just politicians that are their friends that give them a cutback of that 50 per nail 😂

[@krm398]

@@Smithy250 there's never been a government agency that has the grit to cancel an order when this happens. do it once and their world will change forever.

[@aamiricale]

Just insanely expensive from build, to maintainance over life, and manning it with 5000 crew basically. The Royal Navy actually got something right for once, just chiefly due to the automation it can have on the QE class, meaning less than a quarter of a Ford class compliment. Having said that, it's one beautiful boat.

[@SJokes]

It’s so wild to me that the US Navy is the second largest Air Force in the world, after the US Air Force.

[@lastdayonearth8381]

Reminds Me Of The DOJ, FBI, DEA And ATF. All Government Entities Doing The Same Job Differently. Don't Even Get Me Started With The House Of Representatives, The Senate, The Army, Marine Corps, And The National Guard. First World Farces.

[@larryslemp9698]

Cool little stat..!!

[@drock9083]

is that because the Marines use the ships too?

[@lastdayonearth8381]

@@drock9083 No, Because The Marine Corps And The Army Are Basically The Same. Two Government Entities Doing The Exact Same Job. Waste Of Money.

[@wellemdeffo]

Actually, the US Army is the second largest Air Force, with the Navy taking up the number 5 spot. You have to remember that helicopters also count as aircraft, so despite the Army not operating a significant number of fixed-wing aircraft, it has a very large number of helicopters, in fact more helicopters than Russia has aircraft at all.

[@youlikedyourowncomment5151]

Imagine the finger pointing when someone clogs the toilet

[@misterbig9025]

I would blame the manufacturer!

[@TheBooban]

Imagine all those disgruntled sailors exacting pay back.

[@Hotmaildotcomz]

When they're not clogging the toilets they're clogging each others hole

[@Genasyde.]

@@Hotmaildotcomz that took a dark turn

[@crippleddepression1142]

@@Hotmaildotcomz lol

[@unit0122]

US Government 400K For Healthcare: "Hell NO" 400K For Unclogging toilets "AW YIIIIIIISSSSSSS"

[@misterpotato427]

'Merica

[@AdmiralBonetoPick]

The USA spends almost three times as much on welfare as it does on the military.

[@eq1373]

Get your own health-care

[@sirmorallyincorrect4638]

So you're telling me, a bad stomach on a Taco Tuesday can do $400K worth of damage... now that doesn't sound too far-fetched.

[@adityagusti580]

Fart-fetched

[@aaronvalleytrees]

just poop in the water

[@thalmoragent9344]

@@aaronvalleytrees We used too, that's why the Stern is often called the "Poop Deck"

[@timtrewyn453]

Yup. And basic is going to include stepped up potty training. Checklist on the wall behind the head and the back of the door.

[@SanctusBacchus]

@Dick Weed imagine allowing women in the military lol

[@Amar-fd7cg]

1:57 The retd Admiral is explaining different configurations of the aircraft carrier that have never been seen before. This is gold. GOLD. And the person who edited this video just cut it all out. WTF?

[@Merloc909]

IKR!!! I was waiting for that part and the video ended. Man did i cuss out the editor and the channel.

[@supe4701]

Mind linking the original clip?

[@rkan2]

@@supe4701 There is none - this is it.

[@kevinoverbeck4250]

Because this video is targeting an audience of people who think spending govt money on the military is wrong. Its pretty negative.

[@753238]

Yeah like, Chinese Spies doesn't know about those things.

[@phatmanxx]

I was stationed on this exact ship for 2 years. It was constantly breaking.

[@abialex]

Lying sak of DUNG!

[@bearcat0551]

Having worked for a major military contractor for over 40 years, I can tell you that the cost overruns are firmly the fault of incompetent government employees who keep moving the goalposts. We'll happily change the goalposts but it's not going to be cheap. They don't care. It's just taxpayer money.

[@ericgrajeda9916]

Oh yeah Im sure your bosses do all they can to save our tax money.

[@bearcat0551]

@@ericgrajeda9916 The people we elect and the federal workers don't give a damn about our tax dollars. That's what it boils down to.

[@thalanoth]

@@bearcat0551 *cough* -200F rated steel

[@arcanondrum6543]

Dank Brown SO wants to help but, but, but, but the "evil government" won't let him.

[@roddalston5606]

@@ericgrajeda9916 Actually we do. You’d genuinely be very surprised at the squeezes we make to manage costs

[@willienelsongonzalez4609]

US Govt “Let’s go to war! Send in the Ford Class!” US Navy “The toilet is blocked! We ain’t going nowhere”

[@susanwolcott9676]

Exactly

[@FATEH2708]

use water not tissue

[@donaldcrawford3596]

That seems a simple remedy. Why do they need to be combined

[@jmstudios5294]

Why was a vacuum toilet needed? Does the DOD want to burn money?

[@khankrum1]

Avoid kicking the bucket!

[@darkmist6382]

"The true value of the ford is in the wars it prevents rather than those it wages" so prettty much the ford is priceless

[@konung5]

I mean this is impressive and all, but meanwhile Hydra is working on a "Hellicarrier" :)

[@bradly2056]

*Heli

[@davidanalyst671]

usa already go a couple of those lolz

[@AndresRodriguez-sm1fr]

I bet there is one already out we just don't know about it . Military technology is a lot more advanced than the technology civilians use think about that .

[@ceddricc5909]

Technically it was SHIELD who developed the hellicarrier before um They collapsed....

[@gaminggobrr6646]

battlefield 4 be like

[@dopemcee]

whenever someone says 20 years ago...my mind literally picture 1980s or 90s at most.....come to find out, its early 2000s. yikes. getting old out here.

[@gypsykking1970]

same dude

[@Trenton_D]

Hahaha same here

[@kingstar5494]

Same

[@CanadianPrepper]

One big floating hypersonic nuke target?

[@lebaguette5393]

Hello random verified user

[@icecream8531]

Yes

[@luillierstephane1463]

A beautiful sitting duck.

[@jimh472]

@@luillierstephane1463 go ahead then...shoot at it, Rambo

[@Dirtyharry70585]

@@jimh472 Yeah couch captains.. bet they cry when mummy doesn’t give them a ice ctream bar too.

[@lifevest1]

"It costs $400,000 to unclog this toilet...in 12 seconds." - TF2 Heavy

[@jetli740]

this ship has 750 toilet? wtf. NP get 750 crew all with a toilet plunger all do it on mark I am sure it will unblock anything

[@monkeymind4912]

I love how visibly pissed Capt. Tal is at the DoD 😂

[@ShivamSharma-pq6jz]

He looks like ready to punch someone from Dod

[@glenpaul3606]

It would be a safe bet that many pockets are being lined considering these astronomical expenditures.

[@nikola4962]

DoD? Dungeons or Dragons?

[@ShivamSharma-pq6jz]

@@nikola4962 may be date or die

[@Parma-John]

@@nikola4962 Department of Doingyourmom

[@JJ-wi6tj]

I was on the USS Nimitz for a week didn’t serve in the navy but my brother was able to take me on it for a week, ship was pretty dope. One day we 2 Destroyers join us and I wish I still had the video but it was dope

[@ThunderAppeal]

'Only one or two technological improvements at a time.' Something every software developer worth a damn knows all about.

[@Adrian-qk2fn]

This was known about long before computers came onto the scene. The late Louis Rydrill, Chief Designer of the ill-fated British CVA-01 Aircraft Carrier, cancelled in 1966, once said that only 15% of any new project should be new, untried technology. Any larger percentage risked the project failing or, as the Gerald Ford has shown, suffering significant cost and time overruns.

[@moihawk666]

proper comment.... any engineer knows this concept from mechanical to electrical to software..... you know who does not know this type of basic knowledge? construction, military and accountants........

[@komradkyle]

Like Star Citizen?

[@protorhinocerator142]

This is why you make incremental changes. They're cheaper and faster.

[@destroyedidiots1111]

Lol, you mean software developers that on average can't even get simple shit straight? Oh andddd being compared to a complex structure such as the landing sequence alone? Wow you are an idiot.

[@seanjankowski9016]

Another reason not mentioned in the video for the “cost” of a carrier and why other countries don’t even have them is the support vessels that go with it. A carrier strike group usually has at least one cruiser, a couple destroyers, a frigate or two, X submarines, X supply boats, and X logistic ships in addition to its aircraft. Simply put, operating one of these ships by itself is extremely expensive and requires a lot of support and protection. Also, as a practical standpoint, a lot of countries also do not have any ambitions which require global force projection. For example, despite the size of China’s navy, it is design for operation in the Asian-pacific region and they simply do not have the ships or resources to create a fleet capable of global power projection.

[@Coz131]

China is already projecting to South China Sea and if you give them a chance they will do the same.

[@lxjilyfe]

we have all the ships you mentioned, what we lacks are oversea bases and a global projection policy. we are still catching up the quantity, so we basically only focusing on west pacific and SCS. next step we will expand to indian ocean. generally speaking our goal is to protect our trading route, not seeking global hegemony like the US.

[@flowdyofficial]

@@lxjilyfe Nope. Your goal is to bully your neighboring countries.

[@RJAH355]

So basically no other country wants to rule the world there happy with what they have.

[@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling]

@@RJAH355 Tell that to Russia.

[@jamesjunkim]

We all get to appreciate/complain about our daily lives due to the hard work of our military. Thank you for their service! Freedom and peace is not free

[@soopademus1]

Uh?

[@abialex]

Yea, apparently freedom is in the Billions $$$! peace= A HOTDOG!

[@GoldManagement8180]

Do you Need Accounts Handle Agent , Transaction Service, Payment Handle all over world

[@basedgodstrugglin]

The true cost? About treefiddy

[@shadowdeslaar]

That is when a Crustacean from the peddadog era came to my door. Asking for twofiddy.

[@nylesthorne9759]

Imagine bragging that you took a crap that clogged the toilet and cost the Navy $400K to fix........

[@fatdoi003]

soon navy will introduce the toilet scale limiting the size/weight on each dump.... if overweight, the person needs to scoop it out by hand and chuck it into the bin..

[@r3nn-962]

@@fatdoi003 scoop it out by hand and eat it

[@crunchybanana6616]

@@fatdoi003 woah there its 5k for the garbage bags

[@blue_pingu]

@@fatdoi003 no they'll have an HT stand "the poop watch" and do it.

[@GoldManagement8180]

Do you Need Accounts Handle Agent , Transaction Service, Payment Handle all over world

[@jonathanp.1427]

I live near the Chesapeake bay and I get to see so many beautiful ships going in and out.

[@thehelldoicallthis9241]

Seeing the toilet water rising is already terrifying so just imagine how it feels on the carrier

[@richard_4402]

True lol

[@belindacarter1285]

My son has been on this ship the last 5 years and this is spot on absolutely correct

[@benjaminwalkertheworldisbe9107]

Wow I love that

[@benjaminwalkertheworldisbe9107]

How are you doing.

[@tilukabasi2703]

😂😂

[@benjaminwalkertheworldisbe9107]

@@tilukabasi2703 nice to meet you my name is Benjamin am from Belgium but live in west palm beach Florida USA and you ?

[@donadon466]

OMG are you for real.... how are you doing

[@zilvalcampos6170]

I love this baby carrier! I have used many wraps in the past and decided to purchase a baby carrier with better support. It’s extremely comfortable and has great support while I go on walks. My favorite part of it is being able to put it on within seconds while wraps take a little longer. My newborn loves this carrier! She always falls asleep and seems very comfortable. I highly recommend this carrier!

[@regalplays7135]

I think what this overlooks is that the carriers we’ve been using were designed and built in the 1970s. Yes, the Ford class is an ambitious undertaking, but when you haven’t produced a new class of carrier in 46 years (not counting Nimitz subclasses) you do end up with a backlog of improvements and upgrades that you want to design, test, and implement. The Ford’s aren’t perfect, but they’re definitely a necessary step towards keeping our navy modernized and effective.

[@zinjanthropus322]

Seems like more smaller carriers that are easier and cheaper to produce make more sense. Losing one to an anitshipping missile or clogged toilet wouldn't hurt the entire fleet as much as.

[@Elrment1]

It takes to implement, and finally updating our Navy isn't a bad idea.

[@Elrment1]

It costs more ALWAYS - when something new is made. As the changes and development issues are worked out, new carriers can be built for cheaper. Its a FIRST model. of COURSE its expensive. like the FORD model T. Expensive, then easier for the rest to afford after its been streamlined.

[@BSnicks]

@@Elrment1 No, because when they decide to complete the project one day, the whole product would be outdated. Just like the F-35. So much money went into it's development and we got a product that can't even compete with older products.

[@justme6275]

carriers are sitting duck with major adversaries, they are good only scaring little guys ; - D

[@AMNG1994]

As a non-American, I must admit it's impressive how good Americans are at making weapons.

[@aaronvalleytrees]

trust me were still at square one

[@kingx76x]

@@aaronvalleytrees if we at square one, then where the rest of the world at?

[@kaspervestergaard2383]

@@kingx76x Not losing huge wars. They are doing just fine.

[@SanctusBacchus]

@@kaspervestergaard2383 lol what "huge" wars exactly has America lost? All the recent wars were literally just glorified training exercises, field tests for the US military to develop its doctrine and armaments. Keep dreaming.

[@capolean2902]

who doesnt love weapons??

[@leihtory7423]

A couple more years, I bet they could get this thing to fly.

[@richstex4736]

I hear the Maglev system still has a few kinks to work out

[@harukrentz435]

Yeah when it gets blown up

[@albear972]

7:14 The military-industrial complex is laughing all the way to the bank.

[@Branhawk]

@Forsaken sweet bunny are you sarcastic or sick.

[@redosorio5278]

@Forsaken sweet bunny Dude! The f*ck are you talkin’ ‘bout?! Does not make any sense, your statement is not related to the comment and the video itself.

[@SevenHunnid]

I’m just a young mexican stoner trying to make it out the hood by doing reaction videos on my KZbin channel 😩

[@terryjp3050]

Deal with it, it exists. If you have been following China's antics over the last decade, we need Carriers. Life is not fair, people almost always overpay for things they buy.

[@temhawpin]

@@terryjp3050 China’s antics pale in comparison to what the USA has been doing to the world for the past what, half century or more?

[@vedantchachan6509]

It costs 440k to just unclog the toilets ? They shitting gold in there or what ?

[@crazyshorts4278]

Well ,it costs much because it is very very complex. But the thing is , during manufacturing of this Carrier ,most money goes into Corruption. The corruption is kind of legal in US and big Companies & businessmen can easily exploit it.

[@linzianna]

I'll unblock it for 40k!

[@misterbig9025]

@@linzianna Can you?

[@da8874]

@Forsaken sweet bunny What

[@mayankgupta9978]

Female

[@Simon_PieMan]

I used to work for a senior manager that had to authorise budgets for big projects. His rule was would he still sign it off at double the cost, if so then sign it.

[@chrisandrews414]

When I was in the Army, we use to look down on the Navy, for a multitude of reasons, but the one we joked about the most was their lack of "military bearing", and informal nature with one another, going by first names and often joking it operated more like a company then a military force. Now I see that it's such a massive entity with so many moving parts, that if it TRIED to operate like the ground pounders, they'd never get anything done.

[@kicks-n-kerosene]

Oook bud. Go back to pounding dirt.

[@chrisandrews414]

@@kicks-n-kerosene i can't, my back gave out years ago

[@sidv4615]

When did you join the Army?

[@chrisandrews414]

@Fifi yes i are sad

[@navyplumberboy8274]

Dude you're so right. We don't have time for that

[@The.Home.Cinema.Engineer]

Truly fascinating and also mind boggling how poor planning can make stuff cost so much more

[@FrAnC3sCoN123]

not poor planning per say thats just how any expensive project goes roads, movies, video games, skyscrapers, all get delayed and end up costing way more than expected.

[@lazerbeamAndCo]

it's just good business, it's not like the US had any problems regarding money anyways....lmao...luck sons of bi+ches

[@gamm8939]

nope, has nothing to do with bad planning. The military industrial complex is just charging ridicoulos prices and both parties don't do anything against it. A normal bolt can cost up to 100$. Then also a lot of the times the Government just changes the specs or the requirements and the project has to be developed again

[@amierullridzwan2025]

How to waste tax payers money 101: just tell them we build a cutting edge elevator.

[@ImanikaySABproduction]

Any business that involves "saving lives" and "security" is almost always over charged. Business of Fear.

[@johngalt1448]

Building overpriced multibillion toys like this one, which is good for nothing but intimidating weak nations that refuse take orders from Washington, is a great way to pocket billions of taxpayer dollars. After all, big corporations that own most of the US Congress can basically put any price tag they want.

[@KevinJohnson-cv2no]

There is no such thing as over-charging, such a belief implies a severe misunderstanding of the concept of value. The fact that people are willing to pay so high for such services doesn't mean they are "over-charged", but that they are genuinely worth such a value; hence why the price is paid in the first place. It is quite literally logistically impossible to "over-charge" someone on a voluntary transaction, because elsewise the transaction simply would not occur.

[@popopop984]

@@KevinJohnson-cv2no So what, you break your legs and starve for 3 days on the road and no one helps you, then I come by and say give me all your money and I might feed you, and it’s not over-charging? It’s a voluntary transaction, I haven’t forced you to do anything. Also even if it isn’t over-charging, does that really matter in regards to morality. Play with words and you get burnt.

[@gsreads]

@@popopop984 lol... I had a bit more civil scenario in my mind, before I read your comment but you drove the point across. However I'm not convinced that Kevin's convinced.

[@johngalt1448]

@@KevinJohnson-cv2no Do you work for Ford?

[@michaltarana]

The problem with expensive toilet unclogging can be solved very cheaply with a help from Chuck Norris: He never unclogs the toilet. He just scares the shit out of it.

[@brianal7143]

😂 nice

[@giraffeman326]

“It costs 400,000 dollars to unclog this toilet… for 12 seconds.”

[@killbubbatm5983]

Brilliant idea to make the waste system in series so you can clog one, clog all. Was this designed like a Saudi skyscraper? Just get a truck to empty it. It'll be fine.

[@harukrentz435]

That is Burj Khalifa in Dubai 😂

[@shawnthompson3059]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jey2275]

Burj Khalifa works that way

[@programmer-mr5vo]

@@jey2275 thats exactly what hes refering to, and exactly its stupid

[@ibadurrehman5764]

Uae being the ally of Saudi doesn't mean that uae is now the province of Saudi Arabia

[@alexcrossley7999]

Imagine all this money, time, energy, knowledge, expertise and will power put towards something productive and not destructive

[@abderrahmanedamiri7594]

Exactly what i was thinking. USA spends billions to kill people but wont spend half of that to save its own people

[@FarewelI]

That's the USA right there

[@earthman6700]

My thoughts exactly.

[@mochiebellina8190]

That would be un American

[@XkriskrossX]

This is a popular misconception because most of our annual budget is spent on quality of life improvements, not bombs or rockets - in fact it only accounts for a little more then 10-15% of it. This is easily confirmed by looking at any mandatory spending pie chart on the internet, congress commissions em all the time. In fact, we spend more on education, health and pensions on an individual basis then we do the military. That carrier may be big and overcomplicated... but our budget is simply massive

[@theredmonkey236]

The US NAVY is insane!! GO NAVY!🇺🇸

[@msnpassjan2004]

6:40 Oddly enough, the new launch system cannot launch the newest aircraft, the F-35 stealth fighter.

[@arcanondrum6543]

ACTUALLY, it's neither a fighter nor Stealthy so - just Craptacular F-35.

[@corey2232]

@@arcanondrum6543 Wow, totally incorrect... Did you get your info from 2005 & never look back or something?

[@username0984]

Would be worth it if this can actually accommodate a railgun Regardless of how functional I just want to see a railgun

[@nonyabiz6036]

Problem is overheating there's no feesable metal on earth that can compensate the heat and weapon fracture they estimated that for every 10 to 15 rounds fired they have to replace the barrell

[@robertstoner394]

i doubt we will see any railguns enter military service until we reach interstellar travel and develop an interstellar navy. itll be cool when they do tho

[@mattbowdenuh]

It has the excess power available to operate future weapon classes like railguns and anti-missile lasers. Just havent developed them yet.

[@MrEazyE357]

The US pretty much gave up on them for now so you're outta luck for the foreseeable future.

[@imnewtothistuff]

Railguns work as well as the mag catapult! Aint happen'n.

[@KNGexp]

Aircraft Carriers are awesome! These are the deciding factors in winning a war.

[@ldandco]

Sailor: "ahoy Captain, incoming turd!" Captain: "abandon ship, I repeat, abandon ship ! "

[@lauriecroad3186]

FFS, its a "T" not a "P"!

[@insectbite1714]

I reported your comment

[@sabaparveen8912]

Julllllpp

[@sabaparveen8912]

6ikkl

[@ERRORhxc13]

Would've been much cheaper had the government employed its own engineers. Contracting every system out to private firms and paying prevailing wages causes the overall price to skyrocket. Doesn't matter if it's a carrier or a tree house, it's gonna be delayed and WAY over budget.

[@terryshrk]

That statement shows how little you know about how the US has developed weapons system in the last 40 plus years.

[@drabberfrog]

You don't understand how the government works at all. If the government designed this stuff it would be even more expensive.

[@ERRORhxc13]

@@terryshrk as a former TOW missile gunner, I know just how expensive it is to outsource a software update to Raytheon. The government could have hired those engineers directly. Hiring in-house didn't stop the Soviets from keeping pace. There's a reason the AK-47 and RPG-7 are preferred over the M16 and M72 even today. The government once upon a time used to snap up the best and brightest scientists and engineers, making weapons much cheaper than today. Now it's ridiculously large contracts for sub-par weaponry.

[@ERRORhxc13]

@MrBeast s how long ago was what?

[@Legendaryium]

@@ERRORhxc13 outsourcing to capatalistic companys is way more efficient and cost productive then the us goverment making it 100% themselfes. companys have compatiters, so they have insentives to improve their products quality and technologie. Also they have insentives to make things more cost productive. The goverment itself doesnt have that. Example It cost the US goverment around 30.000 dollars to send 1 kg to space. Meanwhile spacex an company has managed to drive that price down to 2.700 dollars per kg Now imagine if the US would try to build aircraft carriers all by themselfes when using company's already cost 13.8 billion

[@Mos2551]

The same thing happened when they introduced the Nimitz class. Cost overruns on a new class of warship this size is to be expected.

[@goodluckokereke]

"Of the 22 aircraft carriers in the world, Half are American" 😮😮

[@gonnabeok]

not enough?

[@b_f_d_d]

@@gonnabeok Never enough imo

[@khalajanskitchen7456]

Thanks for the info.

[@Lazris59]

My first thought was, wow, there's only 22? Well, I guess when you think about it they're basically floating cities and must cost a shit load to maintain which is why only we can maintain so many. Also, the sea is our defense. But they did say 11 and the Navy is a two ocean navy... soo... how does that split up? 6 in the pacific since it's a bigger ocean?

[@crazyshorts4278]

*And it only take 2-3 ICBM's to make them home for marine life*

[@bowlezp2441]

That’s crazy! My boy Haines, Lindsey, and Hinton as well as McClenahan in this moving Ordnance as well as our OHO.

[@russellwilliams3209]

It is beyond me how any country, especially China, could willingly taunt the USA when they have such a navy. I mean, the US navy on its own could take on the whole of the Chinese military on its own. That is saying something.

[@silasdietrich7464]

Military industrial complex: "That bolt cost 7 million dollars each." Politicians": "Why so much?" Military industrial complex: "Who cares it's not your money and I'll bring some business to your state...maybe a little kick back to you also...😏" Politicians: "Ok!"

[@UptownDegree]

Sewage pipes work differently on mil spec warships.

[@LexlutherVII]

the us government is being beyond scammed,😭 they should hire European companies!!!

[@justme6275]

invest in military industrial complex

[@UptownDegree]

@Michael Davidson we are talking about sewage pipes that have to have watertight seals across all bulkheads so problems are not exactly surprising.

[@raywhitehead730]

I can't tell you how many times navy brass has said it will be ready next year, or in two years or my favorite were making progress. Many of those guys are now retired.

[@tsar2057]

What Gilday said was very true, take smartphone companies as example, they only put at least 2 features every year they released a phone and they get barely any issues and delays, but for this Ship, they put so much techlonogies and features that it delayed to need a fix

[@crappiehookking387]

I was in the Navy as An HT on a Destroyer we had the VCHT design we had Fwd/Aft VCHT. If you had good HTs the system would still go down because of people flushing other things besides human waste in the toilets. I remember the whole Fwd end of the ship toilets going down because someone flushed a brown paper towel and it caused one of the rubber flaps to stay open causing constant vacuum pressure to be lost. The only way we found out was by bringing the while front end of the comodes down, we had to do a whole lot of paperwork every time the system went down to repair the issue and get the captains permission to even begin. If one of the pumps overheated or lost oil or broke a mechanical seal because of the paper towel or other junk in the system it would take even longer to repair. From my point of view of being an HT. The VCHT system is awesome when used properly and only human waste is flushed down the comodes. Its the crew who need to be reminded only human waste can be flushed down the comodes. I pulled rags, and paper towels out of that system. And don't even get me started on urinals. HT 2 (SW) Zavala USN 2009-2013.

[@GoldManagement8180]

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[@JohnSmith-fq3rg]

And they want to do the same thing with 5000 retards fresh out of high school, and with women too so you know tampons are going down it.

[@standepain]

To quote Scotty from Star Trek 3- "The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain."

[@stealthassasin1day291]

Contractors are making bank on this project.

[@badcop5470]

US treasury: We will run out of money on Oct 18. US Navy: Oh shit! We wasted too much money on unclogging the toilets.

[@KaineAlpha]

Clogging that toilet is a new kind of anxiety

[@russellmiles2861]

Actually issues with sewerage and ships is quite common. About 30 years two sailors on an Australian warship were asphyxiated and died due to fault in the sewerage system. In submarines the issues are even more complex and can readily kill.

[@nesseihtgnay9419]

Beast of an aircraft carrier. The Ford class carriers will be awesome to see them replace the Nimitz class

[@jooky87]

It’s not about the ship. It’s the shipbuilding that powers that Virginia economy that matters more.

[@defcon12]

These multi-billion dollar aircraft carriers really highlight how good a value one hypersonic missile is.

[@SK-xn1pv]

Not hardly; the US has not faced a foreign threat since Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. These massive war toys are an enormous waste of taxpayer funds; and used to people around the world unfortunate enough to live in an area that has oil or other valuable minerals. The presence of nuclear weapons on that boat contaminates any coming in contact with them or just being in close proximity; and the use of them ensures the land (wherever they hit) will be contaminated for over a billion years. So the people are contaminated as well as any troops on the ground. It is a crime against humanity.

[@defcon12]

@@SK-xn1pv these "war toys" also make China and Russia think twice before invading another country. Their existence aren't a crime against humanity. You are making a lot of assumptions about the presence of nuclear weapons and how they are stored. Maybe work on your use of semicolons.

[@paulmarden3301]

@@defcon12 the only country that has invaded another country within the last 20 years, is the U.S. So who exactly should we be protecting ourselves against???

[@guccimayo1876]

@@paulmarden3301 This aged poorly

[@Wingspan_5]

Imagine all the benefits to the American people could have seen since 2008 with that 13.3 billion. Absolutely mind blowing.

[@kilo7511]

U guys should cover ranger school, or special forces selection!

[@jrburch522]

Cost over runs are constant because the contractors have no limits to billing. It's proof of who really runs the government.

[@andreilin113]

thanks insider now i can build my own!

[@theaustinomaster]

The military makes these defense contractors so much money it seems like the US are gonna be at war forever 😭

[@ordinarydude2237]

This is why people love democracy

[@oogabooga9546]

@@ordinarydude2237very true, we should just go back to monke

[@aspectyt5866]

@@oogabooga9546 yes

[@catsupchutney]

Gerald Ford must have done some major favors for the Navy to have an entire class of carriers named after him.

[@MrEazyE357]

He used to love blowing seaman.

[@russellmiles2861]

He served in the Navy in WW2. The modern USN has a history of naming Aircraft carriers after recent Presidents. The exception was Jimmy Carter who was an executive officer of nuclear attack submarine so Ballistic submarine was named after him and think their is currently a attack class named after him. The most disappointing thing is no current warship named after John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Both were instrumental in putting the US Navy on sound budgeting footing and establishing institutions for training. There was a Cold war ballistic missile submarines named John Adams. The respective Blue and I think it is called Gold watch crews alternate in referring to it as the John Adams and John Quincy depending on which crew was at sea. There ought be a carrier named John Adams.

[@Adrianokingslyprentice5435]

Alrighty now it’s 2022 so we get to finally see it 🤩🤩

[@RealityDysfunction]

"US Law requires the Navy to operate 11 carriers at all times" wtf law is that? Sounds like BS to me.

[@dougtle]

10 U.S. Code § 8062 (b) The naval combat forces of the Navy shall include not less than 11 operational aircraft carriers. For purposes of this subsection, an operational aircraft carrier includes an aircraft carrier that is temporarily unavailable for worldwide deployment due to routine or scheduled maintenance or repair.

[@r_1901]

Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

[@aliazhar3918]

@@r_1901 the law is no excuse for ignorance.

[@hamentaschen]

"I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers."

[@Scarethelocals]

Didn't expect Goodfellas here lol

[@thelaw2174]

Can I have just like 10k from that budget? It could really help me kickstart my life

[@Demontok296]

Apple: "We really shouldn't introduce more than maybe one or two new technologies on any new iPhone"

[@nutsackreviews]

we really shouldnt introduce any new technologies on any new iphone

[@insectbite1714]

Apple is horrible

[@DUXALMUSIC]

Must be good advice given they’re worth over 2 trillions.

[@arminarlert1207]

B

[@FooodConfusion]

Imagine the amount of sea life dead because of this 40000LB bomb misery to see this.

[@azzzanadra]

Dont they build these on land?

[@POBulkhead]

That's a real shame. My carrier came out of the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard the year I was born. 1959. And she functioned perfectly for years. She did burn a lot of DFM 5

[@NYC55B]

Can't wait for top gun 2 ☺️

[@spencermatthews5942]

Money that could be better spent educating, feeding and housing the masses in the US!

[@AdmiralBonetoPick]

Aircraft carriers are useful as part of a fleet out in the ocean attacking other fleets, but when it comes to attacking other countries, they are extremely inefficient. An air-strip on land can typically support four times as many sorties as an aircraft carrier can in combat conditions. That was the case in the Gulf War, Iraq War, Bosnia and Kosovo - where about 10% of the sorties came from carrier aircraft, and 90% came from airfields in nearby friendly countries. Also, in each of those cases, the carriers were highly dependent on nearby land bases for continual resupply.

[@Adrian-qk2fn]

Yes, and that Air Strip is a fixed target. Even more problematically, there may not BE an Air Strip in a friendly country available close enough to where you want to operate. They are also subject to Natural Disasters and need to be built, maintained and supplied. Aircraft Carriers are a Swing Force. They can be deployed in one area but rapidly deployed to another area, even one where there are no friendly nations nearby. They are also Sovereign Territory not dependent upon a Host Nation, who may withdraw their support, as Turkey did in the 2003 Iraq War.

[@mdsatchmo]

I helped build that ship. They definitely were trying to do too much new technology on one boat. Now I'm on the financial side. Money is no object at the top, at the bottom for the working class who did the labor not so much. S/O to NN shipyard. 🤝🏾

[@ryusykoala3993]

"War it prevent rather than war it's wages " Pres X to doubt

[@charliedekadens3348]

13.3 billion dollars what a waste , that money should have been spent on that country's mental health

[@wanderinghobbit3825]

8:08 Wait, they did not test out their new systems before installing them? Why would they neglect such an important step?

[@yamilandres]

Well, if it can't be deployed as it can't operate, it's not much of a deterrent, right?

[@rickrollick1407]

If they needed to deploy this it would get deployed. This country does not need 11 carriers.

[@pilot_howie237]

If It costs so much, why don’t they have tech like the Royal Navy: Weapons and ordinance movement system what has ordinance, takes it to the elevator on an automatic roller and the elevator is also automatic. The only place people have contact and responsibility for movement of ordinance is on the deck and in hangar, when putting weapons on the aircraft and when loading weapons onto the ship.

[@chaosthegamer4111]

Imagine having a military budget that high and your navy can't even unclog a toilet or make a lift work properly

[@tatouser3297]

R u joking? A regular toilet, sure. This is a ship with alot of complicated piping, who in their right mind would call some local plumber for this?🤨

[@chaosthegamer4111]

@@tatouser3297 clearly it was a joke. Still though the budget is high enough to sort it out. The plumbing issue is nearly as much of a joke as my comment

[@tatouser3297]

@@chaosthegamer4111 aight then

[@aagamsancheti1375]

We're loving your videos on military and other things based on army

[@forcetechno2190]

i really like the video. aircraft carriers are very majestic and sophisticated. want to know how life is in it. 13$ is a fantastic fee

[@Thebreakdownshow1]

A POO worth 400$ K that's going to be my next video lol Great content Business insider once again. That's one expensive unclog job. How did you guys find the cost?

[@arthurias7693]

HAHA POOPIE

[@insearchoflife3802]

LOL I can see news a solider took a poo that got the toilet stuck the Congress is debating if that is an act of terror.

[@Thebreakdownshow1]

@@arthurias7693 LOL then people can literally say Garry your video is POO lol

[@justme6275]

cruise ships have 1000+ toilets and people gorge on food all day... have not heard they have problems with their toilets.

[@yorkemar]

Nimitz class hull..with different top, electronics and reactors

[@canecorsobreed9536]

In the Army we had a new device to test out with two R&D civilians, at one point the guy says “this is impossible to break”. My buddy told him you must not know any soldiers.

[@steveboltz3951]

But you also have to look at the money we will save on paying less crew, having less parts on the launch gear to replace when it brakes, the wear and tear on all the plains it launches ,and the cost we will save on all the other ships built after this one that will have all these new technologies on it over the next 20 to 30 years. I’m guessing we will recover the extra costs and then some .

[@seanbailey8545]

Nah they will probably end up retiring this class and going back to something more conventional and wasting even more money.

[@GoldManagement8180]

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[@a-aron2276]

There's some serious oversights in this ship, like how can you have an aircraft carrier and it not work with f-35s? Like seriously come on.

[@armorhide406]

Cause F35s had their own teething problems. Same with the now venerable 22.

[@ianhines2302]

F-35 is shit

[@srboslav92]

Lovely target for All New hypersonic weapons :)

[@ross-carlson]

Imagine if we didn't constantly fight with each other and the resources wasted on military projects like this was put to - well almost _anything else_. Imagine the problems we could actually solve if we didn't waste this kind of money. Sad and it should be criminal.

[@Collymillad]

It would be great and I'm sure someone will argue, but there will pretty much always be that one arsehole that will take advantage of the others "not being ready" - although defence spending is overkill in many countries.

[@Legendaryium]

wars actually have caused 99% of most technologies you see today. wars are part of humans, without them we would probably still live like 3000 b.c

[@harukrentz435]

@@Legendaryium nonsense.

[@harukrentz435]

We can build colonies in Moon or Mars if NASA had the same budget.

[@jasonlacroix6083]

@@Legendaryium geniuses have created those technologies. War doesn't create any of those.