Cities at Sea: How Aircraft Carriers Work

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[@digitalranger4259]

You didn't mention the role carriers play in disaster relief: When hurricanes hit the Caribbean, a carrier was wired to a grid to provide power, and the desalinization plant onboard provided water.

[@switchplayer1016]

@jweltsch22 you said airport and now I have an image in my head of a 747 being yeeted off the flight deck with its launching catapults.

[@TViper2369]

@@switchplayer1016 Clearly too big, but they have landed and launched C-130's off of a carrier in the past.

[@arthas640]

The 3rd largest city in my state and one of its main ports (im not sure how many people lived there at the time but theres over 200k living there now) had a major power outage once due to some power plants being knocked out, so they literally hooked an aircraft carrier up to the power grid and powered most of the city with it.

[@switchplayer1016]

@@arthas640 thank you US navy for providing ships that do double duty as both portable neuclear reactor systems and desolisation machines.

[@jamescooper7878]

being an attack carrier like in the WW2 is more of a 2nd role today, while search and rescue/ disaster relief is more like 1th role

[@treenoises8009]

aircraft carrier 's list to do: -deployment - training - chilin - *flex*

[@andrewmoore7022]

You forgot humanitarian aid and natural disaster relief

[@treenoises8009]

@@andrewmoore7022 *deployment*

[@meixizou86]

large percentage of it is flex i think.

[@idontknowyouitseems_4370]

100% Flex. Rest others.

[@womble3383]

PROFIT

[@JiajuChen]

World's strongest airforce: US airforce World's second strongest airforce: US Navy

[@legitimate_opposition2002]

* incoming angry Europeans*

[@invalid8774]

@@legitimate_opposition2002 *laughs in european* we dont waste our money on useless things like that. We have a health care system, public education, properer(ish) democracy and overall a higher quality of life. Europe surely isnt without its problems but we surely arent envy on the US military, else wed have a bigger one. The EU has the higher GDP and the higher man power. If we wanted, we could outpay you. But we dont and so we wont. And Im glad for that. But good luck with investing in death, from what I know, it has a horrible return on investment.

[@legitimate_opposition2002]

@@invalid8774 Europe’s turning into a shit hole 😭😭😭 thanks for the paragraph buddy

[@legitimate_opposition2002]

@@invalid8774 Also, wasting your money on useless things could’ve possibly saved your ass’ in WW2

[@invalid8774]

@@legitimate_opposition2002 lol no EU was a shithole and still is a shithole but it gets better. USA is going nosedive down. And welcome in the 21st century, the war was 80 years ago and you have more nazis than us. Better make sure theyre armed for their next genocide.

[@Kevin-fj5oe]

"...That aircraft carrier with all their defenses, are not as unsinkable as some may say" Well, there's a reason why they have 11 carriers

[@jonathansalvador5037]

So they can deploy them to multiple locations at once, and have carriers on standby to fill in for others in dock for repairs and maintenance. (Yes I know you were joking.)

[@DrJohnnyJ]

Aircraft carriers are a waste and everybody knows it. One nuclear pulse from a ballistic missile and the whole group is useless. They are just the Navy's way to get promotions and budgets. They never fight. When Trump tried to threaten N. Korea, the only carrier we had in the Pacific ran away. During the peak of the cold war, we had three. Now that they are useless, we have 11. 12?

[@NautilusSSN571]

And there's a reason why they travel with other 5 ships

[@keithcline2280]

@@DrJohnnyJ you are seriously delusional. No facts in anything you just spewed.

[@blacklabel130]

@kevin your logic is garbage, even the one down corrected you, they are supported by 5 other ship that are good at different defense for your carrier, anyway 1 submarine and all your 11 carrier are fuckin down

[@jutea9858]

My teacher said the biggest aircraft carrier of USA is Japan，although it can't move,it is really good.

[@danielearl3591]

It was Australia 75 years ago >:(

[@yuvrajshah1158]

There was also the UK in WW2. That is the country where the American, Canadian, Australian, British and many other nation’s militaries gathered for D-day

[@espedro65]

It was Philippines b4 they have the biggest US military facilities outside America

[@arthas640]

@@danielearl3591 we pulled out most of our bases when your army beat the japanese but lost against emus

[@Botchewlism]

It technically move considering tectonic plates

[@SMATF5]

I was stationed on USS Nimitz from 2006-2011, in the electrical division of the engineering department. I worked on lighting and electrical systems all over the ship, so I got to know it really well. It's so much larger and more complex than it seems from the outside; the interior of a carrier is like an ant hill, especially below the main deck. I still have dreams where I'm going through hangar bays, ladder wells, machinery spaces, pump rooms, bilges, etc.

[@danielbrofford3885]

SMATF5 thank you sailor for your service. We patriots admire and appreciate you more then you know. You guys & gals are my hero’s.

[@mrnewskin7831]

To bad all u s aircraft carriers can get wiped out with one missile from either China or Russia. And we have nothing to stop them. We are so behind.

[@patrickbrinkmeier1858]

@@mrnewskin7831 , keep dreaming about Russian and Chinese capabilities. Just last week Russia tested a cruise missile that they want to use to target American Carriers. The damn thing exploded with its nuclear reactor and not only killed 5 of the scientists developing it but caused the worst Russian Nuclear accident since Cherynobil. Remember Russia and China is still more then 15 years behind us in all technology

[@cancelanime1507]

Imagine how a space battleship would look like!

[@davishatler1874]

SMATF5 I used to have a recurring dream where I went through many, many rooms in my grandparents house, which I perceived as being humongous

[@foxtrotdeltausn4757]

They can go faster than 35 MPH although I am sure their actual top speed is classified. When I was in Japan we escorted a carrier out of port. Our patrol boats maxed out at a certian speed greater than 35 knots and the carrier left us behind when we reached open water. 35knots>35MPH

[@lorekeeper685]

They go slower than their cap since boat starts breaking up

[@JohnSmith-iw9bs]

top speed is actually around 75 MPH in full steam making a wake 5 Miles long behind the ship

[@jamesporter.]

exactly, our carriers are the fastest boats in the navy, with the nuclear power... they also can go that speed indefinitely. Like John Smith said, its more like 70-75 mph.... Which is just insane with how big it is

[@foxtrotdeltausn4757]

@@lorekeeper685 what?

[@matthew9677]

@@foxtrotdeltausn4757 the carrier going full speed, will outrun its carrier strike group

[@roscojenkins7451]

My uncle was an officer on the USS Carl Vinson. He gave my mom sis and me a tour of it. I remember seeing the anchor on the outside and thinking it was so small (in comparison) During the tour we ended up in the room that houses the anchor chain. Each chain link was as big as me. That was insanely cool

[@cloudbroken]

Crazy part is where the full length of that massive anchor chain goes inside the ship -- two giant wells that go down the full height of the ship. I remember watching a tiny deck sailor get lowered into one via harness so she could clean the bottom. Scary business.

[@BJBDF]

I was on the USS Independence CV-62. Our anchors weighed 30 tons each and the chains had 350 links that weighed 360 pounds per link.

[@brad144k]

I used to paint that anchor. And drive that ship lol

[@brad144k]

I wouldn't say the links were as big as you but definitely heavier than you. 350lbs

[@BJBDF]

@@brad144k If you painted the anchor, you sure as fuck did not drive the ship. And your next comment is just stupid, and makes no sense.

[@ppslayergod69xd96]

Anything in France: *is built* Their builders: *You'll be a Charles de Gaulle*

[@switchplayer1016]

@Norm T I wonder if naming anything after Napolean would cause an uproar.

[@paulhetherington3854]

Anything-- isn't a verb, or subject-- in US English. Political microlog.

[@franzwetrfres2116]

@@paulhetherington3854 *nor, not 'or' in your sentence.

[@supersayan8951]

I think we just took to long to find a name and we were like, lets just take that name

[@arthas640]

For a country with such a looooong history of going to war with every motherfucker in the room you think the French could think of more than 1 war hero to name shit after. At least the US has the excuse of being relatively young, only becoming a major power in the last 150 years and for most of its recorded history it was only a backwater collection of disjointed settlements. France was famous for its warriors since the days of Rome, yet they name everything after a dude that died so recently there are plenty of people on this site that remember him making the news.

[@romantisanon4647]

We need Seacraft Carriers: large cities flying in the sky that drop boats at strategic locations.

[@hibiki9380]

brilliant idea, we should be able to deploy a country by a country carrier 2100

[@Feeshyenjoyer]

Hibiki I mean if you can make a boat the size of vieques you could absolutely send a fucking city filled with nukes and planes basically anywhere

[@plasticballs]

and the boats are aircraft carriers

[@turian1moose]

Somebody give this man a medal

[@rea280]

Darkwarrior0920 and why would you need to have a aircraft carrier the size of a city carrying nuclear warheads that would put warning bells on everyone’s radar and you would get a sanction by other country’s we have ICBMs for a reason

[@lawrencelewis8105]

as an ex-navy man I can say that the way aircraft carriers work is first, they must be able to float.

[@sagebiddi]

If Poseidon finds out that you said "ex" it's gone be some drama ....from one sailor to another _sailor_

[@elscruffomcscruffy8371]

Unbelievable. You could convince millions and run for President

[@jamesmontgomery3818]

For your end of video question, my thoughts on what I know about the doors are: If the statement is false, with current supplied information we can't correctly infer the safety of either door. Logically the information that the statement is false doesn't point to a specific point of the statement, just the statement as a whole. So if the statement "If this door is safe, the other door is deadly" is false, it could mean "If this door is safe, the other door is safe." Thus both doors could be safe. It could also read, "If this door is deadly, the other door is deadly", in which case both doors are deadly. Logically I'd leave the doors alone, because deadly is an absolute that I wouldn't gamble a 50/50 on.

[@pleaseendmethx9455]

Good idea, I’ll bet someone wants you going and seeing what’s in the first door with the funny writing on it 🤨 I’m not sure I can infer anything other than it’s definitely a trap for you. But then, 50/50 isn’t that bad of odds really in the cosmological schemes of things, I’d say…

[@danielhale1]

I reached the same conclusion: Either both doors are safe, or both are deadly. If you can safely inspect one to see if passing through will be safe or deadly (for example, tossing a frog through), you'll know the state of the other.

[@user-xy4ry1lt6n]

@@danielhale1 was that a reference to the witch's house? cause if it was, props to you

[@danielhale1]

@@user-xy4ry1lt6n I forget the name of the show, but it was indeed a reference to an episode I saw years ago. They're confronted with two doors and two frogs as guardians, one always lies and the other always tells the truth. One door leads to safety, the other to death. The guy has had it up to here, so he grabs a frog and tosses it through a door, causing it to burst into flames. He slams the door and says "welp, it wasn't that one!".

[@Darkfyreofthezenith]

@@danielhale1 Actually, you can't say that with confidence. The sign states that "If door A is safe, door B is deadly" Assuming that is true, there are two options for door A. Option 1: Door A is safe, therefore Door B is deadly Option 2: Door A is deadly, and we therefore know nothing about Door B because the sign only provides information on the situation if Door A is Safe. Based on that, if we know the sign is False, then we can say Option 1: Door A is Safe and Door B is safe. Option 2: Door A is Deadly and we still no nothing about door B. If you must choose a door in this case, choose Door B as in any situation where Door A is Safe, Door B is also safe, but there are cases where Door b is safe and Door A is not.

[@martyzeenyc1210]

“Sailors can even order packages online, to their ship.” Alright, lemme pull out Uber eats.

[@itsmekrazyb]

No don't wait *Do IT*

[@themartin5122]

Shipping a shipment to the ship

[@Bravo_08]

F-18 with the uber eats logo just lands in front of you

[@flurry2694]

Rest in pieces uber eats guy

[@cosmicpotato3849]

*guy on a jet ski with Uber logo slowly appears over the horizon*

[@soulassassin0g]

US Gov.: "So how many carriers are you going to build?" US Navy: "Yes."

[@chefgiovanni]

Great video here, thanks for sharing all this info. Thank you to all who serve.

[@piotrd.4850]

Actually, in case of carriers and e.g. C-17 it is the other way round.... USAF repeatedly said "please staph" on C-17 delivery...

[@martiddy]

Navy: As many as possible!

[@ramgaming9475]

US Navy: enough to empire world

[@arpansarkar174]

@@chefgiovanni why don't you just comment your opinion and not ruin the reply section?

[@chrism6904]

WTF Im blown away that people can buy things online and have it shipped to them on an AIRCRAFT CARRIER. That is awesome!

[@brad144k]

I used to have protein and different snacks sent to my carrier. Family would send "care packages."

[@jaygreider4753]

I served on the USS Forrestal (CVA-59) - '70-'74. Was a radioman.

[@redmax3471]

Thanks for your service! I served USS Midway CVA-43 '71'. AK3

[@acupofwater8020]

Thank you for your service.

[@zacharyingham638]

An under appreciated position. Communication is possibly the most important element on the battlefield.

[@aidanw9378]

Something: exists France: let's name it Charles De Gaulle

[@jasonirwin4631]

@War Never Changes I think a Joan of arc air craft carrier would be pretty cool.

[@SpiritOfFire88L]

@@jasonirwin4631 I agree with you.

[@mississippirebel1409]

Charles De Gualle was nothing more than self absorbed idiot. Wait a second that sounds like most French people lol.

[@mrjohnbrush]

@@jasonirwin4631 France had an helicopter carrier named Jeanne d'Arc. But yeah, an aircraft carrier with that name would sound cool.

[@randallgoguen3463]

@@mississippirebel1409 But Trump is nothing more than a self absorbed idiot.

[@FLATSTONE]

7:47 when you're a break dancer but you wanna serve your country.

[@esatd34]

Was looking for this

[@kfoster3616]

That person was so cool

[@ozzzey6371]

IKR lol

[@tanner_R80]

I knew someone was gonna day something about that😂

[@filmfan885]

😂😂😂👌🏽

[@j-dog7767]

8:54 I love how even when Americans are on the bridge of an aircraft carrier they're still wearing their baseball caps.

[@keithashline505]

That's because they're on their " on-duty " statues.

[@CarterWills1]

Because they are being recorded

[@michaelmappin4425]

Ball caps or covers are part of the Navy's working uniform. When a carrier is at sea, the cap is considered as a foreign object debris (FOD) that could ruin a jet engine so they aren't allowed on the flight deck. They also aren't required anywhere else except on the bridge where they are mandatory just for entry. As a flight deck guy that sometimes had to go on the bridge, I would have to make a long trip to my locker to get a cap and then make a long trip up to the bridge.

[@MrJimheeren]

@@michaelmappin4425 why didn’t you put your cap in a pocket or something. Seems like a lot of work to walk to your bunk just to get your hat

[@michaelmappin4425]

@@MrJimheerenflight deck guys would normally never need a ball cap at sea. In fact, they are considered FOD (foreign object debris) around aircraft. We look forward to getting underway and locking that cap up for the entire time. It's only to get a working over the side chit or a crunch report signed that we would ever go up there.

[@KhezuWiggles]

‘If this door is safe, the other door is deadly.’ Assuming that this is false, that means that if door 1 is safe, so is door 2. However if door 1 is deadly, door 2 is unaffected, and can be either safe or deadly. This means that there are 3 outcomes, both doors are safe, door 1 is deadly and door 2 is safe, or door 1 and door 2 are deadly. Door 1 has a 1/3 chance of being safe while door 2 has a 2/3 chance, meaning that door 2 has a higher chance of being safe than door 1.

[@HuyV]

While I agree on the possibilities, the probabilities are not necessarily true. We have no information about probabilities. So you are ASSUMING uniform distribution of the 4 base combinations of doors.

[@evaristegalois6282]

*_RealLifeLore = Toyota Corolla_* *_Wendover Productions = Aircraft_*

[@vtron9832]

Greatest trend of STEM channels

[@cookinwithlil6549]

Yesssssssssssss

[@mickeyg7219]

For those who got these two channels mixed up.

[@Ypog_UA]

real engineering = rocket

[@ON-YT]

this guy get's it

[@swoosh6947]

Other countries: has one or two carriers. U.S.A: *dominance intensifies*

[@Lilbarii]

Champagne davy it’s literally 3 percent of our budget

[@shelty3178]

KingBar -X out of five!

[@Spartacus1314]

Should put more money into nasa

[@MrHappyuk]

Us has over 3 trillion us dollar debts lol biggest debt in the world lol

[@killerkitten7534]

Moocus14 we’re still the only country to land humans on the moon, and we have plans to go back by 2024 with progress going well. All that while have the biggest military in the world. No other country has landed humans on the moon yet, even though they had 50 years to do so. So yeah

[@gemman1]

I was a Navy Photographer on board the USS Nimitz from 1979 to 1982... Got to see a lot of Europe, The Middle East and the Ocean..lol

[@JB-cg8jr]

I lived on one for 5 yrs 97-02. Was able to launch off of and land on it once in the C2 plane this video talked about. Was great experience in my younger days.

[@InvertedGigachad]

I find it so cool that a carrier literally has hangars below its deck. I used to think that all aircraft would be stored on the deck, I didn´t think about the carrier having space for even more aircraft. So you imagine my face of disbelief when I played the carrier mission in BF4

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

All "by design" aircraft carriers have had dedicated hanger decks. Most conversion designs like the Langley did as well.

[@sqweebel1]

1:54 there's something so cool about the pattern made by the boats' wake

[@WyldestZakk1980]

Looks like a Kite.

[@Juggernaut1606]

they seem to be connected by some sort of cables

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

@@Juggernaut1606 Only during UnReps.

[@user-fp1go9fl7n]

This really reminds me of the Battleships game I sometimes used to play as a child. I've always never liked the aircraft carriers because they're the largest and probably easiest to spot. It also felt pretty bad when someone else sunk it. Thanks for the great video.

[@jyuyd8274]

"China, Thailand, India, Russia, and France each have one, Italy has two, and the US has eleven "

[@sajidmon4600]

Hey that's not fair let's devide them equally

[@SasNolan]

And funny thing, the India and China got theirs from our Russia, cuz we just sold em. Truly the greatest ditch in our gov. No money for maintainence ? Off you go. We're lucky to keep Kuznetsov around.

[@sajidmon4600]

@@SasNolan you can sell other countries and still have one

[@Liam_Daly]

USA USA USA USA USA USA USA FUCKING 'MERICA USA USA USA

[@funnycrab5684]

@@Liam_Daly meinkraft

[@cccplt]

I work on those supply ships! Fun fact: they are all operated by civilians! Glad to see some appreciation!

[@deathbunny1718]

@lilbeserk most are civilians though these ships are armed and tend to have retired military personnel on for security. the reason for this that companies will send goods for cheap , and supply ships are not near the fleet for long since the supply ships go for refuel and pick up of new supplies.

[@notforgotten3685]

@Chuck Taylor no it's true. They use the designation USNS instead of USS in the U.S Navy.

[@asasial1977]

Funny, every onrep I was ever involved it was from a Navy supply ship

[@oscaramador4200]

How could one work in one of those?

[@rbrick3685]

deathbunny Depends on the AOR. Fifth fleet has military personnel pulling security.

[@pelh2466]

That guy at 7:50 was pulling some moves

[@davari02gaming72]

That is the top side PO, he is putting the plane in tension.

[@gamernoob6337]

Davari02 Gaming but he’s doing it *in style* (^.^)

[@m.a4491]

*Salt Bae has joined the chat*

[@riderprovider909]

Pelh24 f

[@Ken19700]

It's necessary to communicate what he's doing, it's too loud for words.

[@trooper9739]

I love how you state your sources clearly. So many people don’t and it leads to massive misinformation.

[@ironmantis25]

This video did not mention that whenever an American aircraft carrier and its strike group shows up, the song "America fuck yeah" is suddenly heard playing in the background.

[@burritoboy1012]

Rumour has it when they move into third world countries you can distinctly hear fortunate son playing in the distance

[@spizzlo]

7:46 that was hilarious and made my day. that leg kick though...

[@pikachu5647]

i was looking for this comment

[@darkangel13915]

He’s got moves

[@Twicken17]

You spotted an airbender.

[@williamfarley3794]

I've been looking for this comment

[@KelchanFerret]

On a modern US Carrier, the superstructure, known as the "island," has about 6 decks that view the flight deck: The lowest one, which is at flight deck level, is where the movement officer is stationed, who is responsible for coordinating aircraft movement on the flight deck. Two levels above that, is an enclosed platform where a camera is mounted that gives a panoramic view of the flight deck, and is used for supervising and recording all aircraft operations. Directly above that is the Flag Bridge, then the actual Bridge, and at the top of the superstructure is the Control tower, who coordinates launching and recovering aircraft.

[@vangehernandesfrancisco3422]

Peso

[@appss2277]

KelchanFerret qaq

[@spatsky]

Babylon falling Israel didn’t want the US to know how they will execute Operation Focus. If the US knew, a slip of intelligence may squeak out to the Arab league. There were many different scenarios that could compromise the operation. At the time, Iran could’ve sided with the Arabs that would’ve made religion more of the reason to defeat Israel. Iran already acquired American military hardware by 1967. Maybe the Israelis knew the capabilities of the F4 Phantom better than America did. At the time, Israel were using the Mirage fighter which took on the role of both tactical aerial dog fighter and bomber. F4 was a high altitude interceptor that can easily look down and shoot down the Mirages and also a very proficient attack bomber. I’m guessing the Iranians had something to do with why the Liberty was attacked. Research vessels gather information and radio waves. Mossad had their reasons but the reason can be that they exercised complete black out of any form of intelligence leading to the day of the attack.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

USS Ranger had 7 decks above flight deck level - but the 0-10 level was fully enclosed so it might not count for your statement.

[@jaygreider4753]

I was a cryptographer. I was on the O-11 level. Nothing up there but a tiny crypto room and antennas. USS Forrestal (CVA-59).

[@ericjia6591]

Anybody that has played civilization knows how badass they are.

[@uwanttono4012]

A super sonic DF26 missile (东风-26) would reduce these carriers to scrap in seconds! Currently the US has NO defense against these missiles!

[@dullen2810]

@@uwanttono4012 That's. . . why we have guided missile carriers, and destroyers escorting carriers.

[@dullen2810]

@@uwanttono4012 1) That's what they're designed to do. Predict where the missile is going to be, and then launch missiles there. The AA missile doesn't have to go into orbit, so no matter how fast the ballistic missile is, there will always be time to react. 2) Give me a reasonable scenario where China manages to successfully launch a nuclear attack on the United States and doest get at least detected and nuked into oblivion in return.

[@uwanttono4012]

@@dullen2810 It's the hypersonic speed of the DF-26 that currently makes it impossible to intercept with present technology even though this technology is constantly improving. Why should I engage with you re your 2nd question? I have no interest in promoting one side over another. I am merely stating facts.

[@blackopscw7913]

@@uwanttono4012 American Aircraft missiles travel at mach 4.0

[@burnssy112]

One of my high school teachers was a freshly new commissioned Lt. from the naval academy that served on the Enterprise during Vietnam. He always talked about how young he was and was in charge of up to 1000 sailors in the boiler rooms on the carrier. His navy sea stories were always the best!

[@blacksheep25251]

Aircraft carriers are also dispatched in times of emergency as the have the capability to airlift victims to their highly trained medical staff. Gerald R. Ford, first in the class, has an on-board hospital that includes a full lab, pharmacy, operating room, 3-bed intensive care unit, 2-bed emergency room, and 41-bed hospital ward, staffed by 11 medical officers and 30 hospital corpsmen.

[@thedoneeye]

"Each carrier actually has a mailing address just like any building in the US." That's *one* address that doesn't need to worry about porch pirates!

[@amk_2490]

but they have other pirates to worry about LOL

[@TheAwesomeAdventureA]

*laughs in Somali*

[@ronalddavis]

other sailors will steal your stuff believe me

[@ericreynolds74]

Aircraft Carriers now have the Ring Doorbell at each gangplank

[@arthas640]

i dont know, China is pretty bold about stealing tech and secrets from the US military, I wouldnt be surprised if they sent spies to steal the Beats By Dre some sailor ordered.

[@deandre2680]

I heard every time a US Aircraft Carrier gets destroyed, the US makes 3 more.

[@draheim90]

Just ask Japan.

[@incompleteriver770]

“Cut of one head 14 more will take its place” - Some Admiral probably

[@AnimaRandom]

basically what japan sees during ww2: Japan: so..ok..The only Remaining aircraft carrier they have is USS Enterprise and it sank Japan: wait..what do you mean she survive Japan: wait... Saratoga is back? Japan: Wait..what do you mean Enterprise have Steam catapults and newer aircrafts Japan: WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY HAVE NEW CLASS CALLED ESSEX CLASS Japan: *WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY CREATED 32 ESSEX CLASS CARRIERS???!!!*

[@Lord_Baphomet_]

2:48 I love that there is Bobs Burgers playing on the TV in the mess hall! Gotta love the Navy 😂

[@a_slime.]

0:55 A wild UK carrier appears 🤔

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

I noticed that, he may have just forgot about them since they're not really in use yet. Gonna be a good few years until the British carriers become fully operational and useable in a war

[@Fermonos1]

@@mrcaboosevg6089 No, Britain has a AC current war ready, there's two more being made projected to be ready '20.

[@ozzybourne199]

It appears at 2:56

[@jafceeadnakjebxownrnsjsydo]

a_slime that confused me too

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

@@Fermonos1 The aircraft carrier itself is but as far as i know there's barely any planes to put on it, currently being tested with F35's but even then there's only about half of the planned capacity of the carrier and the training for the pilots is still ongoing.

[@wyatt5786]

The largest airforce in the world in the US Airforce, the second largest is the US Navy LOL

[@ohboydiamonds]

welcome to america

[@breadskate4622]

America! Fuck yeah!

[@mezatr]

If you really want to fly, join the Army or the Navy.

[@darrenchriest300]

That would be United States Air Force, not airforce.

[@wyatt5786]

@@darrenchriest300 -_-

[@davedice4688]

Thank you so much for showcasing the mighty COD! It is definite the best naval aircraft ever made. You got one thing wrong tho. We base on land, mostly, fly out to the boat, and then fly back to land for the night. That alleviates maintenance, berthing, space, etc needed for two more planes onboard. Plus, we operate better when we’re there on land to coordinate the cargo. And it’s 4 less meat-eaters to worry about onboard. Trust me on that one. Thanks again!

[@moms.gardenia]

Amazing, it’s truly hard to take all this in, and I’ve seen a lot of ships but none this big

[@drak1559]

Humanity: *Makes Aircraft Carriers* US: *ILL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK*

[@shanes.9016]

We are a force to be reckoned with.

[@eighteen1741]

Shane , America is the guy who you made fun of for being bad at a game , then they got better than you and are also loaded

[@kalt7990]

@@eighteen1741 Modern age Rome.

[@brainwashingdetergent4128]

@Jason Stark crack done toppled your mind 😂😂

[@tygonmaster]

@Jason Stark Say that when the US is not the top economy in the world with businesses in every country in the world save for North Korea and military presence in nearly all countries as well.

[@craigwoodward692]

I served on board the U.S.S. Ranger CV61 Ranger when I first walked up to this ship I was in complete awe by just the size of these ships. It is amazing how huge these these ships are.

[@espedro65]

My uncle served also USS Ranger early 70's joseph ortega

[@arthas640]

@@espedro65 my dad did briefly around the same time before getting changed to the Kitty Hawk

[@oc4964]

my father, he's still a farmer

[@jout738]

Its strange how 300 meter ship can hold crew of 6000 people.

[@JohnSmith-iw9bs]

They shoudl paint Cool paint jobs on the front and sides of these ships like fighter planes Shark Teeth. For the missile cruisers they should paint a dick on the side and for the carrier they should paint a big black dick

[@jacktastick]

Unless you've seen one up close in person it's hard to comprehend how large these are.

[@none.892]

In school to work on the reactors on a carrier/nuclear sub now. School is tough, but the more you learn about this stuff the cooler it gets!

[@_Matsimus_]

Floating cities! Hell yes!

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City

[@thoseracingdrivers5078]

Did Dr.doofenshmirtz make these lol

[@jaygreider4753]

I had been onboard the USS Forrestal (CVA-59) for 2 years. One day, walking through the hanger bay from stern to aft, there was another sailor walking aft to stern. I stopped and said, "David?" It was a guy that I grew up with. I asked how long he had been on the FID and he said "a year." I saw him once and never saw him again. Because of our ratings and where we worked and lived, we never got to see each other again. During the time I was onboard, there were murders, suicides, thefts, drug dealing, and all sorts of crime. Like any other city, it wasn't immune to crime. Onboard there is the MAA (Master's at Arms), the ship's police. Sometimes Marines, but mostly Navy -- all carrying a 45 on their hip.

[@bnap3221]

I see you comment on all military videos

[@starwarsfan_1206]

With guns. A floating city with guns

[@Part_121_Wannabe]

"How many carriers do you want to have?" US Navy: "Yes"

[@burninroses1755]

hmmm, i dont want that many of em, eh make it 20

[@olivermeyer2933]

This moment u realize since ww2 the americans build nearly 100 aircraft carriers soo yeah

[@Damfinsaowefinawe]

I’ll take your entire stock

[@JJAB91]

Still a far cry from World War 2 when nations had dozens of aircraft carriers each

[@eddiemcdonald4720]

Completely unnecessary

[@CHISK847]

Thank you so much, this was so informative! Appreciate this channel

[@njk3498]

Having been on an aircraft carrier, I can say that this was very well done

[@PhilLin]

I love how no one actually comments about what the creator wants you to comment on.

[@user-jh4rr2es5w]

probably most people click off at the start of the sponsor ad

[@RalfSiegesmund]

We don't know anything about the doors safe passage if the sign is wrong.

[@puskajussi37]

What if the deadlyness of the doors can be switched and the sign is there just for the occasion?

[@Co1010z]

@@cookiecookie1411 > If the first one is deadly, the sign cannot be considered "false" since you don't address what happens if it is deadly. This is terrible logic. It could still be false, even though it's not addressed. Unknown =! false. Therefore, the only thing we know is that it can't be 1.safe 2.deadly.

[@michaelsachtjen2263]

@@Co1010z Exactly. If the first door is safe, the second door is also safe. If the first door is deadly, nothing is known about the 2nd door. Also, we have no information about rather or not the first door is safe or deadly. However, the options on the quiz are: 1. Both doors are safe 2. The first door is safe; the second door is deadly 3. The first door is deadly, the second door is safe 4. Both doors are deadly I'm not so impressed with Brilliant.org if this is a legitimate sample question.

[@gormauslander]

When a boat has more residents than my town...

[@GracieTurts]

That's a SMALL town

[@gormauslander]

Indeed.

[@GracieTurts]

Where are your towns? How far is the nearest city?! 280,000 here in CA.

[@gormauslander]

The nearest "city" is an hour drive away and still only has 9,985

[@flighted2513]

280,000 is alot of people? LOL. Coming from NYC

[@JoonasD6]

Fine, I'll answer your sponsor question. Let A be "1st door is safe" and B "2nd door is safe". Then (A ⇒ ¬B) ⇔ (¬A ∨ ¬B) ⇔ ¬(A ∧ B) ⇔ A ⊼ B (i.e. NAND, not both A and B). Assuming the logical structure of the plate can be trusted and only its truth value is in question, this means we have the following cases: If the statement is true, then both doors cannot be safe, in which cases the first door is safe ans second is deadly. If the statement is false, i.e. A ∧ B is true, then both are safe. In all cases, the first door is always a safe bet.

[@yardenm15]

nice analysis and solution of the problem.

[@JoonasD6]

@@yardenm15 Thanks, but I actually think it's flawed. I might have mixed up some conjunction there when I gave this task to my students, and when we analyzed it by covering all different cases if they made sense, I think we got a differet result.

[@asliceofcheese9989]

why the hell do i keep seeing these coments

[@va960]

5:29 " ...like the one at London City Airport in London..." *Man, the man is killing us, man*

[@va960]

And yes, THIS is how I react to a Department of Redundancy Department moment.

[@gino14]

PRESS THE BOMB

[@okinawatim3421]

World: How many Aircraft carriers do you have? USA: *YES*

[@AurumFaber]

@@n.m.8802 57 in '72 if I remember correctly.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

@@AurumFaber Don't think it was quite that high, as all of the WWII era "jeep carriers" were long since retired and there never were all THAT many LHA-class ships.

[@AurumFaber]

@@bricefleckenstein9666 I just reviewed my encyclopedia. I did not have it at the time that I posted my reply. It compares major navies at the time. It says; *US* : 742,000 personal, *56 carriers* , 37 cruisers, 694 destroyers, 260 landing craft, 207 submarines, 137 conventional, 70 nuclear. Russia; 500,000 personal, 0 carriers, 20 cruisers, 210 destroyers, 230 landing craft, 380 submarines, 340 conventional, 40 nuclear. *(Including warships not on active duty)* It doesn't give any more information on these specific navies than I have given. The encyclopedia list it's source as: Jane's Fighting Ships, 1966-1967 This is page 67 of the *N* book.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

@@AurumFaber 56 carriers in the mid-1960s sounds about right - pretty much all of the Essex/Ticonderoga class that lived through WW II, many of the Forestall class (not sure if they all were in service yet, there were 2 built AFTER Enterprise), I think Big E was in service by then, and some of the "jeep" carriers were retained for a while.

[@trishlittlejohn1509]

"you can order amazon on an aircraft carrier" *order amazon prime two day shipping

[@d1v1nel2ight]

I had Amazon prime and I ordered stuffs while I was on deployment back in 2016. Took me about a month or two to get them lol

[@shannonmurphy5726]

yeah becaus it had to get cheeked

[@slashmotovlog973]

And door to door.

[@MrLDAndrade]

d1v1nel2ight Were there porch pirates?

[@warsameadam5572]

yes mess with USA the one or even more might loom at your shores.

[@jerrydiver1]

The defensive missiles of the strike group are the second tier of defense; the carrier's airwing is the first, defending the battle group out to hundreds of miles away by attacking the missile or torpedo launching platforms much farther away than defensive missiles can attack incoming missiles.

[@anarcipluvian]

The door question is, essentially, one of sentential logic. "If this door is safe, then the other door is deadly" is a normal conditional of for "If p, then q" where p is the sentence "This door is safe" and q "the other door is deadly". The informal semantics of sentential logic tells us that a conditional will be true so long as either the antecedent (p) is false OR the consequent (q) true. Therefore, the only way for a conditional to be false is for p to be true and q to also be false. Since we know the statement on the first door is false, we therefore also know that its antecedent is true and its consequent false. That is to say, "This door (door 1) is safe, and the other door (door 2) is *not* deadly". However, since a door being simply not deadly is not exactly the same as it being safe, since the former doesn't necessarily preclude any bodily harm just fatal harm, I think the unambiguously "correct" decision would be to take door #1, the door the sign is on.

[@mr.winter538]

In context of the entire question it is presupposed that doors are either safe or deadly by necessity. Considering the reasoning you initially provided, door 2 cannot be deadly. Therefore, given there are no more than two options for the state of a door, door 2 is also safe. It is also to be noted that the states of both doors were questioned (as opposed to the most optimal choice for mitigating harm).

[@supershluffy]

​@@mr.winter538 Only if we agree to subscribe to the paradigm that allows for statements to be vacuously true. And also if we agree that the language is well-defined, of course. It is not a universal axiom that a false premise in a conditional statement always yields a vacuously true statement. I would not suppose that people who post deadly signs on doors also subscribe to the same paradigm, and therefore I would not enter either one.

[@mr.winter538]

@@supershluffy Does the statement „There are two doors in front of you that are either safe or deadly” not imply the paradigm that allows for statements to be vacuously true? Considering the initially provided logic, we can all agree that the door cannot be deadly. This suggests the door can only either be safe or neither safe nor deadly. Since the door being neither safe nor deadly contradicts the dichotomous nature of the possibility of the states of each door that has been presupposed by the statement provided above, I would assume the door can only be safe. You are of course right in that we have to assume that all language is well-defined, however since we can neither test nor influence this from the perspective of the writers of the sign, I would argue this is a fair assumption to make. Lastly it is of course the best option to enter neither of the doors, since we have no reason to assume the writers of the sign were genuine, and can’t exclude the possibility of human error or false assumptions from either us or the writer.

[@supershluffy]

​@@mr.winter538 No, it does not imply that. For the simplest proof, we can just suppose that both doors lead to the same room of death. Therefore, even though the door on the left is deadly (i.e, even though the premise of the conditional is false), the entire sign statement is still false. Meaning that in this case, the sign does not have vacuous truth. Further, let us suppose that the doors are disjoint, neither state being dependent or connected upon the other. Also let us suppose that a door can be safe or deadly, but not both, and not neither. Then, let us suppose that the door on the right is in fact safe, while the door on the left is in fact deadly. And then someone puts up the sign. In this situation, some people might say the sign is false (edit: I'm one of them, maybe you are too), since even if the left room were made safe, the right room would be unaffected and would not become deadly. So we have the situation where the left room is deadly (the premise is false), but the sign statement is still false. In this case too, the sign does not have vacuous truth. Thus, we have the sign statement "if LS then DR" (SL = safe left, DR = deadly right) In the first case, we had LS false and DR true. But there was no vacuous truth. In the second case, we had LS false and DR false. Also with no vacuous truth.

[@mr.winter538]

@@supershluffy To be perfectly honest I am slightly confused. Conditional statements can only be false if the premise is correct and the conclusion is false. Therefor I do not understand how such a statement could be false when the premise is false. In this example the sign makes no statement for when the left door is deadly. However since you appear to know this subject better than I do I doubt that you would make such a mistake. I either overlooked something crucial to your point or you forgot an important part of your argument. Could you please elaborate on this further?

[@Gazzar]

One of the main logistical challenges of operating the Queen Elizabeth carriers is of course maintaining the beer stocks in the onboard pub. If the beer runs out...back to port (get it?).

[@brad144k]

Onboard pub? You got to be shitting me? We got a beer day once like every 4 months at sea or something and could have 2 beers each. Some guys sold theirs lol

[@jundellas9202]

Italy have two carriers. Didn't expect that

[@thomasb.5643]

They're made of spaghetti

[@andrewputnam2717]

Well almost the entire country is coast so it makes sense

[@mmckenzie9367]

That’s in case the captain beaches one while trying to impress a girl.

[@fluffigverbimmelt]

@@mmckenzie9367 Great reference, well played

[@str2010]

Mind you, they're just enormous floating lasagnas with giant pizza slices as aircraft

[@perigeedynamics5941]

1:50 the wakes of those ships draws Wendover's logo.

[@BrucetheChino_]

This video went straight to the point didnt wait until the end to bring it up

[@ae5646]

As someone who has been on 2 Nimitz class carriers and the Gerald R. Ford, you did a very great job in this video. It was very accurate and well researched, probably the most informative video on KZbin.

[@xjones2087]

i've tracked carriers, they go much faster than 35. The ship i was on couldn't cruise with carriers because we weren't fast enough, lol, not even close.

[@spencercarruth9706]

How was it on the Ford? I’ve always wanted to see that beauty in person!

[@PrograError]

@@xjones2087 uhm... classified info much? then again it's peacetime, so most of the ships doesn't get put through it's paces... aka a hidden sword up their ass crack and ready to rip.

[@ae5646]

@@xjones2087 "35" was just the disclosed speed...which that in itself is crazy!

[@ae5646]

@@spencercarruth9706 Amazing! Not quite as cool as the DDG1000 series or the LCS class, but it just needs to get the kinks out! Haha.

[@willmacca8001]

7:46 made me laugh so hard and I don’t even know why

[@iamkaus]

Super Saiyan!

[@johnsamson4465]

He is the last airbender.

[@cadenschmidt6877]

Will Macca me when i’m home alone dancing in my room

[@illpunchyouintheface9094]

That’s the damn Green Power Ranger

[@nopiez4u876]

7:47

[@aarondas]

2:09 I always knew Captain America still serves for his country

[@michaelmappin4425]

Very good work. I saw nothing inaccurate. Hats off to TR V-1 Division. I see you guys represent on Elevator 3.

[@manuelpinto3051]

There was also a portuguese submarine (barracuda) in 1983 during an exercise called "locked gate 83" wich was able to get under an american aircraft carrier (Eisenhower) that was passing by. The american ship was going to the mediterranean to replace another american aircraft carrier and so being alies, the portuguese commander thougt it was a good idea to stop the exercise and follow the strike group without telling them in order to prevent any soviet attacks. It turned out he was able to get under the ship without getting identified. The portuguese convetional sub was unable to keep the speed of the strike group tho and so when dettaching from the group it came to the surface and transmitted that they had launched all their torpedoes. The american bridge was concerned but they understood it was a joke. They ended up praising the portuguese comander and asking for it's recordings in order to study why had they been unable to detect it.

[@peacebestillconversations3761]

we have launched photon torpedoes, would be more hilarious

[@godlessveteran2431]

From someone that served on the USS George Washington CVN-73, good job with this video! Very well done. One nit pick, that top speed is what is declassified. They're faster than that ;)

[@ko-Daegu]

Kerry Collier What did you guys do back then when you where working Any funny things you can share

[@lisarocker24]

Kerry Collier omg that’s worse than being forced to mop the flight deck 😂where do you guys come up with this stuff Like making us ask the CO for the keys to the jet 😭

[@godlessveteran2431]

@@KevinJCoburn I was there from 97 to 2000. I started in V-2 in Air Department but became an AG and ended up in OA.

[@lk29392]

Ahead flank 151. Set the high speed lineup....

[@Fifthelement203]

yea cus 35mph made no sense with the distances he says it can travel over the days. def faster

[@kevinoconnor6577]

"We are equipped to deal with the US millitary" Japan: "No no no, we have seen this, we attacked a few boats, they dropped the sun on us TWICE

[@Monke4_4593]

The true facts

[@pexton317]

wow copying the russian badger i see

[@ekulerudamuru]

@@pexton317 what vid?

[@JDP2104]

The US rules the waves like its father before her

[@harikrishna6842]

Great work. Thankyou for the knowledge.

[@uss_04]

02:48 “What they can’t do is carry enough food” > Bob’s Burgers in background

[@jasonlatham3238]

We had pilots get us McDonalds while in the Persian Gulf.

[@blackopscw7913]

@@jasonlatham3238 Awesome 😎

[@user-wg1nr1lg2p]

*My answer to the question is:* There are four possible combinations of deadly/save doors: 1=safe & 2=safe (sign is false) 1=safe & 2=deadly (sign is true) 1=deadly & 2=safe (sign is unknow/indeterminate, in other words: neither true nor false) 1=deadly & 2=deadly (sign is unknow/indeterminate/neither true nor false) The sign is false, only when *both doors are safe.* However, the question can be interpreted in multiple ways (like Swiffah and others explain below). (note 11:20, the original question on Brilliant explicitly states "There are two doors before you that are _either_ safe _or_ deadly")

[@fj12n3]

comp sci?

[@Swiffah145]

Brilliant should specify what kind of conditional they mean. If it's a material conditional, then @Æ is right: A->B is false iff A true and B false. If it's something else (e.g. a counterfactual or indicative conditional) then the answer would be different.

[@rayblade6383]

That's brilliant.

[@Chrisc0Disc0]

Thank you for this, I was stuck!

[@dalegaliniak607]

@@Swiffah145 Yeah, this was my line of thinking. You have two indeterminate states, the sign can be false, but since it describes a safe door, if door 1 is deadly, it's impossible to determine the state of door 2.

[@gregorykennedy6869]

With the need for a stable platform, especially for landing, I wonder how much thought has gone into designing a very large catamaran design. The 2 hulls don't necessarilly need to be the same length, though they can be, depends on the final design. So much more redundancy in case of a hull strike, also have capacity to move surviving aircraft to other hull. I think it's worth a new design look. Austal (Australia) already make some of the largest of the US's multihull transport ships, surely scaling up is possible to the size needed.

[@jazminalarcon8668]

My uncle served on the USS Kitty Hawk, I've always had such a fascination with air craft carriers.

[@Coypop]

THEY'RE AIRPORTS IF YOU SQUINT.

[@Jake-rm4be]

Coypop no there Patrick

[@pauljs75]

Technically yes. And it has an airforce that's bigger than that of most countries.

[@ambalon]

@@pauljs75 Most countries? Isn't the US Navy the world's second largest airforce? lol

[@pauljs75]

@@ambalon Just one carrier all by itself. Not including the rest of those in the fleet and aircraft on bases.

[@ThomasNing]

no, they are airports.

[@zakaryloreto6526]

In the USA we have so many aircraft carriers we made one into a museum in San Diego

[@iPepy]

And one here in New York City, the USS Intrepid

[@qwertygirl334675]

Yeah, I actually see it from the Roosevelt every day. Love being stationed down in San Diego, gorgeous area.

[@tspencer227]

...and one in Charleston (Yorktown), and one in Texas (Lexington).

[@spatsky]

tspencer227 Hornet (Alameda County in the San Francisco Bay Area)

[@SuperSMT]

I just went to the Intrepid in NYC last week, great museum!

[@ATHVhandles]

Thanks for sponsoring brilliant. That's an amazing, truly addictive way to learn things better.

[@jemimychannel7893]

Wow. .i impressed with thailand which have this vessel.. good job guys.. From your neighbour Malaysia

[@catdaddy294]

I'm a welder for these things... let me tell you what, the tight spaces? Living nightmare. I have nothing but respect for the men and women who serve on those behemoths.

[@DaftPunkSkittle]

well they can't leave even if they wanted to, its a big decision

[@aleciacarpenter7856]

@@DaftPunkSkittle Sounds like the Hotel California!

[@youreright4723]

Lol are you from Newport News shipyard ?

[@issacmcgann9918]

im in trade school for welding does this job pay well? if you don't mind me asking

[@catdaddy294]

@@youreright4723 I'm at Newport News Shipbuilding. I'm a pipewelder on 2nd shift.

[@raymondlaniel5407]

I also like the way they can provide emergency water, power, medical aid, search and rescue, etc., to areas devastated by natural disasters.

[@StoneCoolds]

Or devastate un natural areas lol

[@user-kx4xs2xd3k]

@@StoneCoolds that if nuclear reactor blow up

[@Bergen98]

I like that US Armed Forces has a separate Air Force, but then each branch has ITS OWN AIR FORCE, and all of them (especially the Navy) can be as powerful as AF itself

[@applesyrupgaming]

does your country not have one

[@a-drewg1716]

​@@applesyrupgaming Most countries generally only have an army, a navy, and then an air-force. Then generally only the air-force has fixed-wing aircraft with the other branches only really having helicopters or some light prop planes. The US is special in the fact that it has both the largest airforce (the USAAF) and the second largest airforce (USN)

[@logicplague2077]

"Red shirts do all the handling and mounting of ammunition." Why am I not surprised?

[@kellensarien9039]

Left unanswered: why Thailand feels it needs an aircraft carrier.

[@shadowslayer205]

Because all the cool kids have them.

[@weasle2904]

Because China

[@justicejordan1636]

Beacuse of the heated situation in the West Philippine Sea. China is building massive military bases on islands of the Philippines, which is by the way supposed to be illegal. However our president keeps telling us that it is a friendly matter which is most of us Filipinos think that it's not. Seriously though I would rather allow U.S. bases on our islands or waters than having those military based from China which imposes great threat in our freedom.

[@harshitmishra7091]

True bruh 😂😂😂

[@nelotharen8599]

because Thailand likes to show off

[@jasonsmith-lv5my]

French carrier has a special ability. When it sees enemy ships, it sails backwards.

[@MrPhilEU]

Stupid comment, artfully crafted for idiots.

[@mariomaro7]

That made me chuckle actually.

[@boltmix7294]

Jasons special ability is making unfunny, unoriginal, bad and completly divoid of any reality jokes. It takes real talent being this unfunny and uneducated

[@ratchet9040]

Lmfaoo people need to chill it's jus a joke. And a good one I might add

[@GatoTomato]

Jeez people it’s just a WW joke chill out

[@johnfitbyfaithnet]

Very interesting thank you for sharing this important information

[@EnglishLearnersHere]

Wow! Impressive video since it's packed with a lot of interesting information! 💕💖💖

[@Pikwii]

7:48 that guy has some moves.

[@JTMarlin8]

bboy for sure

[@harshitmishra7091]

Lmao bruh😂

[@lordemp7172]

I THOUGHT SO 2 DOG!! LMFAO

[@AMINEDZMCA]

*A Small Swedish Submarine Entered The Chat*

[@OLBastholm]

But the US didn't notice.

[@sn4tx]

Swedish submarine wasn’t the only one. But they like to erase things from history. Same thing with their radar invisible planes. French were like “yeah we can see them. But we won’t tell anyone. Fix it.”

[@AudieHolland]

@@sn4tx Serbia was like, hey look, a US stealth plane. Let's shoot it down. Oh, we did!

[@masonsilvers6789]

*a small Swedish submarine has left the chat after sinking the comments*

[@Horible4]

@@sn4tx nice baiting but you're wrong. If anything you said was true, France wouldn't be striving to build a better stealth craft than the F35. Everybody wants to undermine the United States Navy with these cherry-picked scenarios that simply would not be replicated in actual combat conditions. Here you're talking about a submarine that has to hunt and kill an aircraft carrier. Where do you start? All of a sudden you realize right away how silly the "lol American carrier got sunk by diesel sub in wargame" sounds. The Swedish submarine had predetermined information of where the carrier would be operating, knew the composition of the fleet, and had the luxury of having time to prepare for the attack. In reality, you have to take about a hundred more factors into the equation to complete a kill chain on an American carrier with any weapon platform. The hardest thing in naval warfare is locating the enemy vessels. Even with all of our innovations in technology, it's still not possible to precisely track enemy fleets everywhere around the world. And since the Swedish submarine is diesel, there is very little chance it will find the carrier before it needs to refuel and resupply. In reality, though, the United States would simply use its speed and range to avoid any sort of sneaking submarine into the range of the carrier. But let's say for instance the submarine does find the carrier, however unlikely, it still needs to avoid detection. Even if the carrier is traveling at its slowest pace, it's still too fast for the diesel submarine to catch it. Cavitation happens for even the best and stealthiest submarines at 5-10 knots, with the exception being the United States Seawolf-class submarine with somewhere around 15-20 knots of speed before it begins to cavitate. The point is that even if the diesel submarine finds the carrier, the odds of it getting into a position to attack are slim as the carrier can outrun it even at a slow pace. And if the Diesel sub does attempt to travel above 5 knots, it will likely be detected by surface vessels or the opposing submarine and be hunted down within the hour. Next, you have to assume your weapons are going to hit the target. The diesel submarine might avoid detection, but the torpedo will be detected as soon as it's in the water. At this point, surface vessels will have launched decoys to throw the torpedo of course, mess with its tracker, and anything else to screw up the kill. However, these decoys are not very reliable, and will most likely be ignored by the on-board tracker. All in all the torpedo has about a 50/50 chance of a hit, assuming the weapon doesn't fail in-transit and was aimed properly. There are simply too many factors in a real-world scenario to really be concerned about a single diesel submarine. It would be a different story if there were dozens of them infested the ocean, but the whole "Swedish Submarine OP" is the dumbest excuse to undermine the United States Navy to date. It's a lot more complicated than just "lol get a stealthy submarine lol"

[@darjanpanovski8515]

love the video keep going on

[@tally1604]

The russian carrier Admiral Kuznetsov (Kuzya, for short) uses so much diesel, that to go at cruise speed, she emits a plume of black smoke a kilometer high in the air. It's has been all but decommissioned by the russian navy for this reason. That, and reliability: while on deployment off Syria, bombing Aleppo into rubble, it broke down constantly. The Chinese and Indian carriers have been bought from the russians, and as such are just as useless in combat.

[@Wendoverproductions]

Hey all! I hope you’re having a great holiday season. I just started an Instagram account in order to connect with the youths. It has pictures of me and stuff so get ready for that. I’ll probably post a picture of a plane on it later today. Just make sure to follow me there: instagram.com/Sam.from.wendover

[@dyahayusaraswati2639]

I almost felt young when I read "connect with the youth" then I remembered that... Sam, we're of the same age. I think we're still considered young by most of the world. Anyway, you got a new follower.

[@keksentdecker]

you said that only 19 aircraft carriers are able to launch fixed wing aircraft, but I would rephrase that to 19 that are currently able to support CTOL-only aircraft. By this method we would consider VTOL-supporting carriers like amphibious transport ships that can carry F35 and V22.

[@jeremiahtisdell4823]

I dindnt know Rwanda existed

[@aurobhatta]

Door 2 is safe and door 1 is deadly

[@spacebar3119]

I love the economy of small planes video

[@ethanmagdaleno5332]

Imagine needing a ramp to launch aircraft This post was made by flat deck gang

[@eggman8053]

Ethan Magdaleno Imagine Only Launching Light Aircrafts This Post Was Made By The Catapult Gang

[@RichardThornrose]

@@eggman8053 Imagine using the inferior catapult which can't even launch a 90 kg projectile 300 meters. This post was made by trebuchet gang.

[@eggman8053]

Imagine Using A Airbase On Land This Post Was Made By The Aircraft Carrier Gang

[@axef2946]

Gonna change my CoD clan tag (cringey, huh?) to FLDG (fl - flat d- deck g- gang) on like, some old one or something. Maybe original Black Ops (I prefer BO2 sadly)

[@sleepy6324]

We in the biz call them poverty ramps

[@metallicmonarch2025]

I remember going on and getting a tour of the USS Turman at Norfolk Virginia, that was a really interesting time and the ship was giant, and being able to go up onto the flight deck was amazing as well like it really is just an airport on water.

[@michaelmappin4425]

Norfolk, Virginia.

[@metallicmonarch2025]

@@michaelmappin4425 right I keep forgetting that

[@ExplorationAtlas]

Great video. An interesting history note, is that aircraft carriers were first used in combat during the early stages of World War 2. The Japanese attach on Pearl Harbor by carrier-based planes on December 7th, 1941, dramatically demonstrated the potential of the aircraft carrier, which thereafter was the dominant combat vessel of the war.

[@S0RGEx]

Actually, their potential was demonstrated in combat before Pearl Harbor, with the Battle of Taranto in 1940 (which the Japanese Navy likely studied when planning the Pearl Harbor attack) and arguably the Sino-Japanese War in the years leading up to WWII. And prior to the outbreak of war, there were exercises ran by many navies which demonstrated the potential power of carrier aviation.

[@thelegend8570]

"Red shirts do all the handling and mounting of ammunition." *_HMMM_*

[@Lorath333]

They also increase the ammo storage capacity of the ship. Each red shirt can fit up to 300 rounds in their chests.

[@toms75]

@@Lorath333 Like, they eat the rounds?

[@dane1317]

Tom S Someone didn’t get the joke.

[@stereodegree2257]

Huh

[@muhonbhuiyan8687]

Don’t get confused by the color codes. Those vehicles contains lots of Souls, Human Being, Our or Your Family and that is important than anything. So, how do you expect that, makers of any kind of vehicle like that will tell you the truth?

[@RennTalIssue]

The guy on 7:46 is satisfying for me. Idk why but that moves tho (I know thats their job but i simply love it)

[@chrismaggio7879]

haha fyi they sped that up a bit. We do that a bit slower and more controlled than it showed... was funny though!

[@michaelmappin4425]

The V-2 topside petty officer gives visual reference to the yellow shirt director to hook up the aircraft to the catapult for launch.

[@justice3865]

+1,000,000 for so much focus on the C-2a. Often overlooked, but still pretty cool 😎.

[@tenriayukawa5478]

great video! learned a lot.