Aircraft Carriers III

kwaigonegin

kwaigonegin

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It would be nice if they could finally put in 50 yr lifespan reactors in CNNs. That would cut down RCOH time by over half! Be in and out in a year max I would think for midlife work.
 
FORBIN

FORBIN

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12 combattants with about 1000 missiles !
2 Nimitz
2 Ticonderoga
6 Burke
1 Hyuga
1 Atago

NEWS ALERT - Japan Navy Begins 3 Days Drill With Two US Carrier Strike Groups

Japan's navy and air force today began a three-day military exercise with two US aircraft carriers in the Sea of Japan.
Japan's Maritime Self Defense Force has sent two ships, including one of its four helicopter carriers, the Hyuga, to join the U.S carriers, the USS Ronald Reagan and USS Carl Vinson, and their eight escort ships.
Japanese Air Self Defence Force F-15s are taking part in simulated combat with U.S. Navy F-18 fighters at the same time, the military said.
"It's the first time we have exercised with two carriers.
"It's a major exercise for us," a Japanese military spokesman said.

The Carl Vinson strike group, including USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) and guided-missile destroyers USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), operates with the Ronald Reagan strike group including, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67), guided-missile destroyers USS Barry (DDG 52), USS McCambell (DDG 85), USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), and USS Mustin (DDG 89) and the Japanese Ships (JS) Hyuga (DDH 181) and JS Ashigara (DDG 178).

Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) and U.S. Navy forces routinely train together to improve interoperability and readiness to provide stability and security for the Indo-Asia Pacific region.
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Obi Wan Russell

Obi Wan Russell

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"Should the RN consider buying conventional submarines, even at the expense of frigates?"

No.

We have precious few frigates as it is, Woe betide anyone who starts putting stupid ideas into the government's heads that give them any excuse to reduce those numbers further. Frigates are multi role vessels with many peacetime as well as wartime uses, and as useful as submarines are they simply cannot carry out the same roles.

Our warship building industry is geared towards producing nuclear boats, and it would be ruinously expensive to change course at this point. The ships and subs we have are good, we just don't have enough of them. Let's sort that out before we start playing 'fantasy fleets'.
 
Jeff Head

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These types of exercises are invaluable...integrating the forces opeartional capabilites together...and particularly with the AEGIS and with the cooperative engagement capabilities of those warships.
 
Jura The idiot

Jura The idiot

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Yesterday at 8:47 PM
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now reported yet?
Carrier Ford Delivers To Navy After 15 Months of Delays
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and here's DefenseNews
Navy accepted the carrier Ford into the fleet, with commissioning set for this summer
The Navy announced Thursday that it has accepted its newest aircraft carrier, the Gerald R. Ford, with a commissioning ceremony projected for sometime in July.
The acceptance of Ford marks the beginning of the end of a very long road for the new carrier, which incorporates several new technologies including an electromagnetic launching system that will replace the old steam launch system, and a new arresting gear system, a high-tech brake calibrated to the weight and design of each of the aircraft its trapping.

The carrier successfully completed its acceptance trials May 26 after the U.S. Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey completed its assessment of the ship. The Navy is still working out the kinks in several new technologies, including the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and the Advanced Arresting Gear, but the Navy has plenty of time to do that ahead of its first deployment, which is slated for 2022, according to Navy documents reviewed by Navy Times.

The ship will first have to go through full-ship shock trials in 2019, which will test how the ship stands up to explosions near its hull. Those tests are complicated, take time to analyze and inevitably break stuff on board.

Ford is the first of a new class of carriers that will ultimately include CVN-79, the John F. Kennedy, which is about 28 percent complete and slated to join the fleet in 2021, and CVN-80, the Enterprise.
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Jura The idiot

Jura The idiot

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personally I'm not exactly a fan of all the stuff shown LOL! but yeah, the trailer is great; found it inside
“Aircraft Carrier” Documentary Provides Unique Perspective and Insight Into Naval Aviation And F-35 Ops At Sea.
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Jura The idiot

Jura The idiot

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Yesterday at 7:50 AM
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U.S. Conducting Dual Carrier-Ops Off Korean Peninsula Amidst Chinese Concern
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related:
Reagan, Vinson Carrier Groups Team with Japanese Off Korean Peninsula
The USS Ronald Reagan and USS Carl Vinson strike groups operated in formation alongside Japanese forces in waters near the Korean peninsula Thursday, marking the largest display yet of naval power in response to North Korea's recent ballistic missile tests.

Meanwhile, the
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USS Nimitz is also headed to the Western Pacific, though
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officials say it is unlikely that three carriers will remain in the region for long.

In all, 12 warships and two carrier air wings operated together in the Sea of Japan on Thursday.

"These carrier strike groups, as well as two Japan Maritime Self Defense Force ships, were taking advantage of the opportunity to train and improve the way they operate together," 7th Fleet officials said in a statement. "Operating two carrier strike groups provides a unique capability, one of the many ways the U.S. Navy promotes security, stability, and prosperity throughout the region."

Dual carrier operations in the Western Pacific are rare and generally calibrated to make a strategic statement.

Before Thursday, the last publicized dual carrier operation in the region came when the Reagan and USS John C. Stennis groups sailed together last year in June in the Philippine Sea. That event came ahead of an international tribunal ruling invalidating Chinese positions on the South China Sea that U.S. Navy officials say undermine freedom of navigation.

Today's display comes after North Korea's test-firing of a dozen ballistic missiles this year, despite condemnation from the global community.

The Vinson strike group included the aircraft carrier, and the
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USS Wayne E. Meyer and USS Michael Murphy, as well as the cruiser USS Lake Champlain. The Japan-based Reagan group included the carrier, the cruiser USS Shiloh, and the destroyers USS Barry, USS McCampbell, USS Fitzgerald and USS Mustin.

The Japanese contingent included the destroyer JS Ashigara and the flattop helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga, both of which operated within the Reagan group.

Carrier strike groups also typically travel with an unannounced submarine presence.

Vinson will continue its scheduled operations in the Western Pacific but is expected to return to its San Diego homeport shortly, 7th Fleet officials said Thursday.

Meanwhile, Nimitz will first sail south to
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in San Diego, where it will meet up with the destroyers USS Kidd and USS Shoup, as well as other vessels, Navy officials said.

Military officials have said that the Nimitz departure was preplanned and not in response to North Korean provocations.

"It is not uncommon for incoming and outgoing carrier strike groups' transit timing to overlap as one begins a
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and the other concludes theirs," U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesman Lt. Cmdr. William Knight said in a statement.

The Vinson strike group began its deployment from San Diego on Jan. 5.

In April, Adm. Harry Harris, head of U.S. Pacific Command, ordered the Vinson group to cut short a training exercise near Singapore and head toward the Korean peninsula because of missile tests and concerns that North Korea might conduct a nuclear test.

The Nimitz strike group will include eight squadrons of Carrier Air Wing 11; Destroyer Squadron 9, which includes the destroyers Shoup, Kidd, USS Howard and USS Pinckney; and the guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton.

The Nimitz strike group last
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on a patrol in 2013. In the meantime, it underwent extended maintenance and hosted the first carrier landings of the Navy's new
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asif iqbal

asif iqbal

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They are there to warn Korea ??

Ships sailing in the sea doing excercises while North Korean is launching tally of ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan

Who are they excerciseing against the fish in the sea ?

Use those SM-3 to knock down those missiles ????

Why else is USN and JMSDF sailing ?

Bit like when Russia took Crimea and NATO announced more excercises they are off no use if you are not going to use them

North needs to be dealt with and now

Or maybe these weapons are only good at Iraqis in tennis shoes
 
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