US Billions $ Aircraft Carrier Is Finally Ready For Action

US Billions $ Aircraft Carrier Is Finally Ready For Action
At $13 billion, the USS Gerald Ford Supercarrier is the most expensive aircraft carrier ever built. The leader of the largest, heaviest, most powerful aircraft carrier class in history, it is now ready for deployment, to project the might of the United States military across the globe, and to take on any adversary that might consider themselves near-peer - including aircraft carriers from Russia and China. And so, no one ever dares. This has been the case of total dominance for the USS Ford over the last decade, until now - as China has just launched a new aircraft carrier that’s certain to be more lethal and more advanced than any aircraft carrier that isn’t of the US. Here, we find out if the American Supercarrier now has a Chinese contender - and what exactly is this new aircraft carrier that China has just launched?

[@mattbunts7513]

Simple the Best! God Bless America 🇺🇸

[@richardhanlon6628]

in these jittery times, this "video essay" is comforting.

[@andrespimenteljr.7771]

Wow amazing news about this multi billion dlrs. new aircraft carrier. The most high tech in the world. God bless the USA and the most strongest powerfull nation in the intire UNIVERSE. GLORY TO AMERICA....

[@richardleland9744]

Thank you for your service and God bless you Brothers and sisters🤓

[@erikpalomo4537]

“Thank you for your service and God bless you Brothers and sisters🤓”-🤓

[@johnnymckenna1920]

Thanks for a truthful balanced report,facts and detailed propaganda statements are for folks who are unable to monitor lying info for themselves?

[@juliekeegan7173]

Hello Aircraft Carrier followers. I'm Julie and I'm so very proud to be an American. I'm very impressed and blown away when it comes to our defenses. Thank you for being intelligent, brave and American. Take care.

[@tansweelim417]

America are coward useing another country to fight for them,welcome for the first shot

[@leonardnordenstrom6239]

You are a good american. GOD bless you.

[@haroldsanteliz6153]

Awesome Ship, may God bless the USA and protect all the brave men and Women that serve in the Armed Forces. Long live the USA ..

[@NigelOrmsvik]

With you all the way 🇬🇧✌🇺🇸

[@AvgZoomer]

The men and women who serve in all of NATO total, not afraid to join the fight when a friend is attacked, even if it means risking their lives. Truly honorable.

[@oneshotme]

US at it's best!! Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@rathahang7604]

Wow, that's awesome the carrier ships the US, and God Bless all of you guys we’re loving 🙏🙏🙏💕💪

[@tansweelim417]

America bullshit

[@v.s.o.poodah]

I am a shop foreman for a company that builds the main condensers and heat exchangers for Virginia and Columbia class submarines and the Gerald ford class aircraft carrier. The amount of work and time we put in to building one the these units is unbelievable I don’t think china or russia can touch us

[@MRsolidcolor]

they cant. everything they have was stolen from us in the 80-90s. or bought from russia

[@psycronizer]

Of course they can't, that's why they rely on tough talk and bullshit to try and scare away opponents that frighten them. China is probably in an even worse state of disrepair and obsolescence because the Chinese in general are even more dishonest and untrustworthy than the Russians, and that's saying something ! But, frankly, it'll be funny to watch, history will call it "The great south China sea turkey shoot"

[@williamhall7459]

Takes years of experience

[@henkholdingastate]

It is indeed a masterpiece of architectural art. Too bad he goes to the bottom quickly because of the modern weapons. If 5 to 10 rockets go at once and from different directions at 5000km/h, the ship is over. And that also applies to the Chinese ships

[@v.s.o.poodah]

@@henkholdingastate you don’t know much about this vessel lol

[@robertjr.dronelife6776]

Crazy we can spend billions on weapons witch we do need but we can't top hunger here in the US sad isn't it

[@donfreeman8920]

That’s what I am saying

[@johnlemmo9584]

@@donfreeman8920 why

[@halon7476]

So true

[@thomasgraham5842]

china said they dont need aircraft cariers , they just need to know how to sink them

[@tihtaminjong9806]

Lol ...then y are they building carriers of their own??? Have they ever sunk one??? Well they'll find out only when they try

[@leonal522]

*Chinese aircraft carrier - Fujian's EMALS (electromagnetic aircraft launch system) is 1 generation ahead of the EMALS system onboard USS Gerald Ford:* 💪🚢 The Chinese design team learned that the U.S. USS Gerald Ford was struggling with their Emal system 5 years ago and realized that their MVAC was what gave them problems. They then quickly switched to developing their own HV/MVDC integrated electronics system. It turned out later that they made the right choice. This is a HUGE benefit and made all the difference: MVDC is a lot more stable, reliable, and versatile. Also, there's something else you don't know: The initial plan for Fujian was not Emals but a steam aircraft launch system. However, as MVDC integrated electronics system and later EMALS was developed, the Chinese engineers adjusted their plans. Long story short, they eventually completed both systems and had them running side by side to compare their efficacy, and EMALS came out on top. As a result, the original blueprint had to be readjusted to have structural changes to accommodate the new EMALS system while the steam catapult system was put into storage. The chief engineer received The August 1 Medal also known as the Order of Bayi directly from Xi Jinping on June 6, 2019, for his achievements. Only ten recipients so far in China's entire history.

[@MRsolidcolor]

no bro everything they have they STOLE from the US.. we gonna sink them in the south china sea

[@mooglemy3813]

Are you a Chinese bot?

[@leonal522]

@@mooglemy3813 Which part of the above do you disagree with?

[@nicholasmork5454]

@@leonal522 leave @mooglemy alone, such is the arrogance of Americans. Even if they lost at Afghanistan they will still tell everybody they won. They shd stop fighting the small nations like Libya n Iraq with no armies n fight their coequals like China n Russia..

[@harisoepangkat6085]

Never mind. The US needs to build at least 6 Ford Class aircraft carriers. Let the tax payers pay for them.

[@cindybaani5527]

God bless the United States of America

[@markgonzales3571]

The BIGGER the BOAT the BIGGER the TARGET 🎯

[@tominmtnvw]

Finally? It's right on time!

[@hongshi8251]

Very impressive machine. I hope in the future that much cheaper boats with 90% drones can do the job. We need to constantly face down the Chinese from this day foreword. I’m only suggesting this if it can work and save American lives as we must enter the fight.

[@mooglemy3813]

I have never been a fan of the CCP. Nor going to get onto that but China is making strides forward, crpt they still can't control flooding with hundreds of dams and reservoirs.

[@Ravi9A]

they can already do the job today, however your goverment finds it easier to scam it's citizens in collusion with the military industrial complex and build overpriced crap.

[@glennnewton5222]

As long as we keep our politicians from giving away our secrets!

[@skyhawkfl]

So then why do we still use catapults?

[@earljohnson2113]

And enter the fight we will. Soon enough I'm afraid.

[@kummer45]

Stay safe, you will need all your might and will possible. STAY alive.

[@gm7304]

Great video.

[@paulrutherford8614]

Wow we are the ultimate superpower that is one bad ass aircraft carrier I love it keep up the good work that's why us is the best

[@rickykhehra7299]

Ultimate superpower lol are you joking. It’s the age of hypersonic ai controlled weapons traveling at mach 20 just one missile carrying conventional or nuclear will wipe out these obsolete ancient boat to oblivion. That’s 20 billion dollars at the bottom of ocean. That why no country waste their resources on building these canon fodder. There was a reason why battleships became obsolete after ww2 same thing is happening with aircraft carriers in this century.

[@rlake4584]

This is one unbeatable system...

[@Anthony-wp1by]

What a superior beast 👏

[@ruicarson4018]

Congratulations USA Navy .

[@kangkengsoon926]

Those US new Super carriers will be just heaps of scrap metals in the ocean along with the 5k personnel when faced with super sonic missiles....

[@curtbowers7817]

Really? Prove it! You know nothing!

[@enriqueoliva6988]

Kang Keng soon,I love siopao and siomai.

[@joeiborowski9763]

Those 5k cheap chinese missiles will be nothing but scrap metal in the ocean if hit by the laser weapons. Or they will just break down like everything they make. See, I can make claims too.

[@dennishowell5302]

Out standing

[@Road_life01]

Yet Russia 🇷🇺 don’t give a single F and do whatever they like that’s what called a power💪🏻

[@joeiborowski9763]

Seems like they are not doing what they want in Ukraine, just leaving Russian scrap metal and burnt bodies behind. I guess that was the plan after all.

[@patrickstockton2091]

Yeah, and we kinda hide in the basement and act like we're avoiding the IRS agents outside the door...

[@kavik2825]

Since you are talking about a US Aircraft Carrier...at least get the picture that people click on...to a correct picture. The US has never used a curved ramped. NEVER.

[@getoutofbed4684]

At 38 seconds he talks about when using carriers from Russia and China.

[@johnsantos3943]

That was a Russian ship with the ramp…

[@martintownsend6694]

Or the star wars style jet engines on the back that give it away as being fake 🤷‍♂️

[@Aarielle111]

The pictures shown with curved ramp is Russian and Chinese...pay attention to the video

[@martintownsend6694]

@@Aarielle111 defo not the thumbnail clickbait tho, there all galaxy class starships from star wars

[@youandiryan]

A testament to the US Military. I really like how they show off how close they are with the allies that they have with flags on the ship. I seen a Canadian flag on that aircraft carrier. Beside a UK and American flag. I think I seen a Japanese flag on it too.

[@davidwillard7334]

After all its A ! U.N ! AC ! Type ! Ship !

[@gregjohnson1570]

All anglos stick together its not a big deal. Japanese were invited in for ending their empire and bowing down to the Anglo world order. World order needs to be remade and include more nations of brown people and slanted eyed folk

[@youandiryan]

@@gregjohnson1570 north americans do stick together. Along with other countries. And that is exactly what makes them the strongest fighting force in the world. We treat our people like actual people. And not cannon fodder

[@normancoy6203]

@@youandiryan love

[@ruslialias7064]

Knock out the saterlite that aircraft carrier will go blind .

[@abcdude8784]

some of the comments said that only one missile is needed to take down these craft... Its obvious that they are hiding their aces inside and only 30% information was publicly disclosed. Also the vid said it is the only nuclear powered aircraft carrier.

[@brad6317]

It's nothing that a couple of them Hypersonic Missiles can't take out, and that's a fact.

[@tihtaminjong9806]

Lol...hv you ever seen the or witnessed the precision of a hypersonic missile on a moving target???....to track, acquire missile lock on a ship dat goes as fast as 30knots is smthx u hv never witnessed I can assure u... Don't think it's that easy or possible cus no one has ever done so.

[@hoado7538]

Thanks you very much front Cost very much

[@terrellmccain842]

Great machine

[@emmanuelsalvatus6870]

Amazing aircraft carrier

[@blahblah6497]

It's awesome technology.. but what it still represents is sad. Sad that the people of Earth still can't put our differences aside and get along. Putting our combined resources, minds and manpower together towards more beneficial things.. like cleaning up the plastic pollution in the Oceans, expanding into space and becoming a multi planet race or beings. Instead we are still killing each other. Or coming up with new ways to kill each other and dominate each other.

[@psycronizer]

Yeah, true, but that is not the fault of the U.S. When you have big nations ruled undemocratically it ALWAYS has problems, the people in power are usually the very last sort of people you want in power. You only have to look at their human rights record to see how evil they are. They most certainly do not represent their peoples best interest's, not when they are killing them, stealing from them etc.

[@2earache]

Blah Blah……you are quite right, of course, what you point out in your final paragraph. But this post has (unfortunately) little or nothing to do with the negative and sad impact which comes with the constant threat of war to us all. The production of military hardware in every code whether it be for an army, an air force or that of a navy has become an inevitable tit for tat tactic between nations who either have a propensity toward aggressive behaviour or those who are in favour of defence as the better option. It’s become an absolute necessity more than ever now that as a people or as a nation we preserve our freedoms through defending coercion, and grimly we only have the two primary options of producing ever more high grade and destructive weaponry or, better still, diplomacy to establish all the reasons why we need to survive if only to protect our entire planet and all the wonderful things which make it, or to protect us from ourselves.

[@2earache]

Blah Blah…….and just as an addendum to your primary point: it is quite extraordinary that as a species we - that is, those who have taken on the mantle of the ‘Power Brokers’ - have consciously chosen the most difficult and convoluted path to forging Peace whereas if we all put our hearts into it, getting along and loving each other is comparatively such an easy and fulfilling alternative!

[@Ravi9A]

ew it's a pacifist.

[@blahblah6497]

@@psycronizer it's the fault of the Global Banking Cartels that our political class has sold us out to. Always has been. They have turned out military into their own personal enforcement squad. They Operate no different than organized crime. Of course it has always been the financiers behind wars dating back to before this was a colony. Read the book War Is A Racket by Maj Gen (ret) Smelly Butler

[@katarzynarradecki2261]

Bravo USA

[@dalchemista2814]

Does it still have RR problems??

[@jamesa.williams6416]

God Bless The United States of America!!!

[@abhinow64]

As a technology, one can admire it.

[@leonardnordenstrom6239]

amen.

[@techfactschannel]

Strong ship 👍

[@peter7624]

Russia doesn't have an aircraft carrier. It has rusting hulk with a worn-out engine.

[@bigviper64]

They can improve on the landing by adding sensors on the corners of the landing pad that are picked up by receivers on each aircraft…giving instant measurements of pitch and yaw of the landing pad, allowing the aircraft to make instant changes for the landing.

[@joycebell6868]

AMAZING,THANK YOU LORD POTECT US GOD AMEN.

[@jeffreymuir3450]

Can I lease one of these to go shipping

[@jeffreymuir3450]

I ment to go fishing

[@leonardnordenstrom6239]

true.

[@haroldbethelmy5851]

No yup

[@ProLim580]

Aircraft carriers are at the mercy of drones & torpedoes. .

[@omotolanisulu9885]

God bless America, it's super duper.

[@jacobdiehm859]

Just in time for China!

[@jimpipkin3002]

I'd rather build 2 smaller aircraft carriers than one large one. The new missiles china are fielding are becoming very scary for an aircraft carrier. I think redundancy is probably better than non expendable.

[@Ravi9A]

A dozen subs are even better than 2 carriers.

[@micahkenneth8612]

It's a shell filled with red firecrackers that is scary😀😂

[@RT-fq3tp]

2 smaller carriers would not be able to do the same job as well and would cost more money and ships in the long run. A larger carrier is cheaper in the end.

[@RT-fq3tp]

@@Ravi9A depends on what the mission is. Subs can’t provide air cover, and is very limited by comparison.

[@Ravi9A]

@@RT-fq3tp .....lmao what. This is pure copium. Neither the research nor the maintenance nor the risk is Cheaper in this choice.

[@MikeDMinor]

Bout damn time!

[@collinseretis]

Why does the video cut out after a few seconds?

[@davidbraxton5110]

Russia and china are good for using other countries ideas. But the difference is, quality leadership.They fall short of this.

[@gilbertozuniga8063]

Russia and China just copy the US’s ideas

[@Ravi9A]

Yes, american quality leadership, lmao.

[@heathcliffedamokles3942]

American Power

[@luzselbe6092]

God bless America 🇺🇸

[@olusegunakanbi6390]

No power is greater than God . Seek peace and no war.

[@philipking8497]

Love you guy's.

[@ryrykem1038]

Congratulations

[@dj_kliffe]

Thumbnail is lit 🔥 😅

[@jimmylam9846]

It is just like Ford cars with endless problems......sell it to India !

[@charleyghanem3003]

I still think carriers are obsolete due to new missile technology

[@burtpanzer]

You are half right. All missiles are obsolete because they are too slow compared to the speed of light. That is why we have directed energy weapons, like lasers at 1 billion watts. (1 watt can light a match, 100 watts will strip paint)

[@burtpanzer]

@Mr Joes Crazy Asian Life We'll see how well they do...

[@brokatjacke]

Aircraft carriers are easy targets for any (supersonic) missile.

[@tclanjtopsom4846]

Not with a screen of air warfare destroyers and even on their own you would never get close enough.

[@brokatjacke]

@@tclanjtopsom4846 They thought the same about the death star. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmOZg42aorZlpKc

We have 15 aircraft carriers? I thought we only had 11...

[@scouter6926]

One supersonic torpedo and good by billions of bucks.

[@scooterbob4432]

Well, anything that floats can sink.

[@danielanthony8373]

US Aircraft carriers are impossible to sink with the exception of a nuclear weapon (but you have to locate first then target then hit) They can be put out of action but are so heavily defended by submarines destroyers cruisers frigates an enemy would have to be extremely lucky to get anywhere near one

[@edreusser4741]

The aircraft carrier is usually right in the center of the flotilla it commands.

[@mikebarrett5345]

You fail to mention the two queen Elizabeth carriers, that could also destroy all 3 Chinese carriers. 1. They are both brand new. 2 they have the F35-B's. 3. The Royal Navy and it's airwing has never lost a war!

[@leonardnordenstrom6239]

well, we could like to include them of course. they are good nation to include.

[@aaronjupp]

so how is this ship gonna stop a hypersonic missile exactly??

[@gregoireklutsey8876]

One drone and it catch fire

[@Ravi9A]

@@gregoireklutsey8876 How's it gonna stop a 100 then?

[@joeiborowski9763]

@@Ravi9A The hypersonics won't be able to track and hit, just plunge into the ocean. A missile traveling at hypersonic speed forms a plasma around it, so it can't receive guidance from radio or satellite to alter course for a moving target. It has to slow to supersonic speed and it just becomes another missile for target practice. And they cost 100 million each, doubt if China has 100 of them and if they do, who cares? A non threat.

[@copykon]

We were out visiting in Nevada and heard these massive booms from above. However, the skies were all clear and the stars were all visible. We just shrugged it off as the Air Force having a few laughs at citizens expense. =). As for China, I think the U.S has been trying to sucker them into a conflict for some time. Maybe they will bite soon and regret it later.

[@J.M.254]

I would love to see China cowed down as they have become such greedy land grabbers with smaller countries. India, Tibet, Bhutan, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan. all are having to protect their lands and islands from China, who is trying to create their own Hegemony in the south China Sea.

[@JohnZoetebier]

One hypersonic missile is sufficient to sink an aircraft carrier. US military called hypersonic missile a "Sputnik moment". Aircraft carriers will go the same way as tanks. An aircraft carrier cannot defeat a defending country like China. We do not live in 1945 anymore.

[@MRsolidcolor]

yep WW3 coming and i dont think china has a clue about whats gonna hit them

[@burtpanzer]

What were the booms from?

[@earljohnson2113]

Ummmm, maybe we will regret it...😕

[@ruicarson4018]

USA should send 10 aircraft carriers to Taywan

[@thomasoaxaca3379]

I would love two of these for the moat around my castle. They are perfect for home defense.

[@gilbertobanaga9874]

Test now that Super Carrier Gerald Ford in Ukraine vs Russia to show ur claim & the real strenght to the whole world sir

[@billdomitilli8125]

One hyper-sonic missile away from oblivion. We're living in the past, at great expense and peril.

[@patrickstockton2091]

And it's got cloak and time variation!!!

[@danielanthony8373]

US Carriers are impossible to sink with the exception of a nuclear weapon direct hit They are defended by 3 submarines destroyers cruisers and frigates not to mention the surveillance aircraft and stealth Fighters No enemy would get anywhere near a US Carrier Battle Group

[@florencedominguez8558]

More arms power to U.S and its allies, the defender of the world democracy. They will prevail against their enemies.

[@jasonrushton5991]

Shame no mention of the U.K. 2 Super Carrier's. But expected it.

[@erostheelder6831]

The picture in the thumbnail looks like something I drew when I was 6 minus about 80-120 Lazer cannons and 60 exposed nuclear missiles

[@ikay2102]

For every super carrier there are super missiles, sad but ships of that size and function are not future weaponry.

[@donarthiazi2443]

That has yet to be proven. No one knows for sure how any future war would play out. Only theory. You may be right, but as we've seen in STUNNING detail... the invincible Russian S-400 and Pantsir and Tunguska and whatever else Russia has been touting for decades.... is a near-total failure and an embarrassing humiliation. China's DF-17, while very formidable on paper, may well turn out to be as big a dud as Russian SAMs and tanks and pretty much everything else they've been squawking about for decades. Time will tell. _(But hopefully NOT)_

[@TheRealIronMan]

They are not meant to fight peer competitors, they are meant for suppressing small countries that cant actually fight back whatsoever

[@donarthiazi2443]

@@TheRealIronMan 🤣🤣

[@ikay2102]

@@TheRealIronMan agree 100 %

[@tihtaminjong9806]

Most of the defensive capabilities of such machines are classified....so most pple don't understand Navy experts take into account enemy fire power before conceiving such expensive machines.... I remember a demo that showed how difficult it is to destroy a us carrier.....an old model was attacked with missiles n torpedoes....but it stayed afloat... finally explosive charges had to be strapped to it on particular points ,then detonated for it to sink.

[@gavinscoffeecup2605]

The thumbnail is all sorts of fucked. British ship, Russian helis, mig 29 fulcrums, and a Blackhawk on the bow of the ship, like damn. Edit: 4:56 that's the Bravo variant of the F-35 and its a Marine corps fighter

[@lenledwidge5367]

You can't beat this carrier for miles on a tank of fuel. 50 years between fill ups.

[@juliekeegan7173]

Hey there Len. I know it ..right? Every 50 years! It almost sounds like ah, ah ...a dream.

[@-p2349]

@@juliekeegan7173 it’s cuz nuclear is the best energy source

[@jackjones8293]

I want Americans to be smarter than ever, don’t give ideas for your enemies to build the same against you!

[@aus993]

Correct, never give too much information. Remember their ³rd is the copycat of a US aircraft model, style & techniques.

[@YLTMauto]

Amazing how they can find a way for a ship run on a full tank for 25 to 50 years.

[@leonardnordenstrom6239]

Nuclear Aircraft Carriers, sir.

[@burtpanzer]

As with anything it takes experience and the US has 100 times the experience in battle that China does. As far as looking pretty, they'll take Best in Show at every parade.

[@selimaszuta1763]

Good front

[@neillundy176]

Niiiice

[@baltazarvillaruel6216]

Kilan magkakaroon nangpilinasnyan

[@tonyr3060]

Wow 😂😂😂 god bless America 😂😂

[@squacher]

how do they stop a hypersonic with a tactical nuke ?

[@farithj]

God bless america 🇺🇸

[@mooglemy3813]

If it floats it can sink. Carriers biggest threats right now May Be hypersonic missiles. And I don't think the USA airs all its laundry in public nor does it play all its cards in the game. And CVN 68 cost them more than the 13B stated. It was supposed to cost 19B with R&D projected cost included.

[@ashantedaniels619]

Super

[@dockaos924]

Fat shaming the ship by telling everybody its 100k tons is so wrong

[@JohnJohnson-qg2ub]

Man I must say we r the best###🇺🇸👊👍

[@mooglemy3813]

Don't be arrogant! That's when you U get trouble.

[@colincornelius8916]

The US should use the 13 billions to build the aircraft carrier too feed the hungry and homeless in America

[@enriqueoliva6988]

To feed the illegal immigrants,give them food stamps,medical,free schooling for their children,help with rent money,free phones program while the citizens get none.

[@colincornelius8916]

@@enriqueoliva6988 the American are hungry

[@enriqueoliva6988]

@@colincornelius8916 And the invading illegals and this administration are not helping the situation either.What do you think about it Cornelius?

[@enriqueoliva6988]

Colin Cornelius,they should take care of us first.Then give aide to others.

[@enriqueoliva6988]

@@colincornelius8916 Americans are hungry but I see a lot of over weight sometimes even obese Americans.

[@davidmayer8149]

Russian carrier operates with a fleet of tugboats, not destroyers like other carriers.

[@Honeygooyumy69]

I would LOOOVE to see how this stands up against a dozen hypersonic missiles Z all day every day from NZ

[@leonardnordenstrom6239]

well, they wouldn't.

[@Honeygooyumy69]

@@leonardnordenstrom6239 no they wouldnt ..even one would wipe it off the ocean ..just compare what is spent on a hypersonic compared to that monstrosity ..Russia are so smart in the way they have approached the military space .. Now the yanks are trying to do their technology as cheap as possible like the Russians ..as they have cracked the same if not better technology as america on such a restrained budget as Russia has compered to the rapist america .. Obviously far smarter and more intelligent folks in Russia than america has in their ranks ..

[@elkaluzi]

@@leonardnordenstrom6239 this boat has no defense against a hypersonic.

[@ianmccarty5614]

Great news

[@gilbertozuniga8063]

Yes, comrade Ian McCarty.

[@gilbertozuniga8063]

The USS FORD will wipe the floor with the chunk-king-fu

[@psycronizer]

I always get a chuckle whenever I look at America's absolute beast and then another look at the competition with it's stupid ski ramp , to me it's a huge glaring admission that they aren't top of the line, edge of the knife, more like the crack of my ass...

[@kennethbreuhl2228]

China's in trouble 😵‍💫

[@badguy1481]

The BIG question: HOW SAFE are our American Carriers from the Chinese "Carrier Killing" ICBM's?

[@RT-fq3tp]

Pretty safe from a conventional perspective. The issue china will have is first locating the carrier strike group. Then they will have an issue of tracking it while on the move. If they are able to track it, the next step will be engaging it. This brings with it a whole new set of issues. Whatever platform the chinese may use to locate and track American carrier groups is subject to attack, destruction or degradation, not to mention once fired the weapon will be subject to spoofing, countermeasures and attack by defensive systems.

[@RT-fq3tp]

@Ken Megahugerod if true……which i doubt, that the chinese have a weapon system that is capable of finding, targeting and engaging a carrier strike group independently, under wartime conditions. You read too much propaganda. Next if it is circling the globe, then it is exoatmospheric, in which case the carrier group would get plenty of warning of an impending missile strike. I’d like to point out that those weapons arent even able to hit moving targets. Another thing i like to point out is that hypersonic weapons arent a new thing. We’ve had them since the first ICBM. I can tell how little you know about the topic when you fail to realize how difficult hitting a moving target actually is. The problems become much harder to surpass the farther away you get. You have no idea how a carrier strike group is employed or how it operates. Id like to also point out you have no idea what it would take to locate, track and even engage one with conventional weapons. The hypersonic weapon you just mentioned isn’t good for anything except nukes. This would trigger a horrible return for the chinese. They would not play that game. I suggest you do more research.

[@RT-fq3tp]

@Ken Megahugerod I suggest you re-read my statement. While its true that china launched a weapon that circled the globe and struck a target. It has not been said anywhere that the target was moving. Nor does it talk about its targeting capabilities. Even by your own admission you dont say it hit a moving target. So again, please tell me: How china plans to locate, track and engage US carrier strike groups under wartime conditions? Which platforms would they use? What weapon system would they use? 🤔

[@badguy1481]

@@RT-fq3tp It's my understanding that building a hyper-sonic missile is VERY costly. One can build multiple, slower moving, missiles for the same price. So while a hyper-sonic missile may be nice to discuss...it may not be the best approach, economically, to build anything more than a very limited inventory.

[@RT-fq3tp]

@@badguy1481 you are 100% correct. There is also the fact that its a very specific weapon that doesn’t really change the game much if at all. Everyone thinks these weapons are not detectable. But the truth of the matter is that in almost every version they are either boosted up very high or are launched by a high speed aircraft near that crafts max speed and altitude. This would alert the Carrier strike group at their max sensor range of approximate 400 miles. This doesnt even take into account the AWE, AWACS or combat air patrols detecting the threat much further out. That said, a Mach 5 missile detected at 400 miles has a flight time of 6 min 15 seconds to target. Just for comparison…….a sub sonic sea skimming missile wouldn’t be detected until it broke the radar horizon of between 25-50 miles depending on the height and power of the radar. At 50 miles the flight time for a subsonic missile going 600 mph would be 5 min (a whole minute and fifteen seconds faster too the target, from the point of detection than the hyper sonic missile). The time drops to 2 min 30 seconds if the missile is not detected until 25 miles out. There is also the issue that the boost glide hypersonic missile have an almost identical launch profile to ICBM’s and would be a very dangerous escalation. Neither side may not wait until detonation to see if its a nuclear or conventional warhead. It starts to lose its practically pretty quickly. And still suffers from the same issues that current weapons have. Such as locating, tracking and targeting carrier strike groups. Sorry for the long explanation. Not sure how much you know about these weapons and didnt want to assume. My personal opinion is that they more hype than anything and is just another way for the industrial military complex gets to scare money out of the government to fund current and future projects.

[@thierrycs1165]

huumm sounds familiar ...the biggest the baddest the strongest ever heard of the yamato?or the bismark?& look where they are now

[@davidwillard7334]

Or the ! Titanic !

[@Ravi9A]

wise.

[@gladstonewilson1881]

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[@user-zz9qg4bu4u]

Modern carriers are incredibly hard to sink, even intentionally

[@madmann5040]

what,no jet engine thrusters to move the ship ?and where is the ski jump at the end?

[@harrytrawick]

Can it withstand an EMP?

[@justinscott-lee7393]

📜BLM approves of blue print developments and practice runs that is all📜

[@dustinharrison3491]

I knew this was a joke when I heard Chinese aircraft carrier. Lmao

[@joelbell9082]

All the thousands of people that are on an aircraft carrier serve only one purpose to be able to launch and recover aircraft let's hope that their new aircraft launching system continues to work compared to the reliable Steam powered one has successfully done for many decades

[@joelbell9082]

Let's hope an enemy EMP surge doesn't stop it from functioning

[@joelbell9082]

A large enough EMP surge will probably stop the ship dead in its tracks

[@andyduijkers4910]

LOL mine's bigger than yours. Great but will it stop a nuke?

[@messityler4121]

i thought this had been sideline due to some major technical reasons thats why we dont see this ship yet, if they deploy this to service its probably because of the war...

[@robertwindedahl4919]

I think Japan can kick China's ass and we can kick Russia's ass and eliminate both these bastards once and for all

[@fokirteam]

1 nuke and carrier will be gone