How many aircraft carriers does the US have?
The U.S. Navy operates 19 ships that could be called aircraft carriers, but only considers 10 to be actual carriers. Last week the U.S. Navy accepted USS America, first of the America-class amphibious assault ships, into service.Apr 16, 2014
The Ford is the lead ship of new class of aircraft carriers, the first new variant since the Nimitz-class was introduced in 1975. Construction began on theFord in 2005 and the ship was christened in 2013. As it currently stands the carrier will be the most expensive warship the United States has ever built.Jul 22, 2017
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America's New $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier Is Still Far From Ready
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Meanwhile:
Russia's Only Aircraft Carrier Is Doomed
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China has launched a new aircraft carrier in the latest sign of its growing military strength.
It is the country's second aircraft carrier, after the Liaoning, and the first to be made domestically.
The as-yet unnamed ship was transferred into the water in the north-eastern port of Dalian, state media said. It will reportedly be operational by 2020.
It comes amid heated rhetoric between the US and North Korea and ongoing tensions in the South China Sea.
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and yet we hear of how the military has been depleted under Democratic rule....
How many aircraft carriers do we need, when China has two and Russia is about to have none at all?
Just wondering, just like I wonder whether we really need to spend so much on the military. What do you think?