Aircraft Carriers III

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SAN DIEGO (Aug. 17, 2015) Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) prepare to receive a mooring line from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH 181). Hyuga arrived in San Diego to participate in multinational, scenario-driven amphibious training exercise Dawn Blitz 2015. America is hosting the Hyuga during their stay in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jacob Holloway/Released)
 

asif iqbal

Lieutenant General
Wait till those Izumo Class start sailing!

A JMSDF grouping of 1 x Izumo class, 1 x Hyuga Class and 2 x Osumi Class backed by scores of aegis DDG would be a very powerful ARG

Like they can deploy such a force because they have x 2 of each flat deck and 3 x Osumi Class

Not to forget the discipline, standards and level of training JMSDF has
 

Air Force Brat

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Three US nuclear aircraft carriers in San Diego:

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Just think, the US Navy could have those three babies sitting there in San Diego...and have three more just like them sitting in two other places in the world, and then have another left over for change.

Roger That, and the John C. Stennis is indeed underway, where will she end up on this cruise Jeff?
 

Jeff Head

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Roger That, and the John C. Stennis is indeed underway, where will she end up on this cruise Jeff?
Hard to say.

We know that the Reagan is going to deploy soon to Japan, its new homeport.

Will the Stennis go to the Western Pacific too? Could very well.

It could also deploy over around Hawaii...or towards Australia, or even ultimately to the IO.

We will just have to wait and see.
 

Jeff Head

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data publicly available? a moment ago I did a google-search, didn't find any ... but I just might be sloppy :)
Well, if it is the actual hard data you want, that will not be publically available of course in terms of all of the exact numbers.

But the tests were successful, and that fact was all over the news in June, on or after about June 22.

Here's one example:

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Article said:
The age of steam is over – at least, as far as US aircraft carriers are concerned. At Newport News, Virginia, the
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successfully test fired a revolutionary
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...

Various articles were posted on this thread, on the Ford thread, and probably on the US Military news thread too at the time..
 

SamuraiBlue

Captain
Wait till those Izumo Class start sailing!

A JMSDF grouping of 1 x Izumo class, 1 x Hyuga Class and 2 x Osumi Class backed by scores of aegis DDG would be a very powerful ARG

Like they can deploy such a force because they have x 2 of each flat deck and 3 x Osumi Class

Not to forget the discipline, standards and level of training JMSDF has

Don't forget the
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, 6 LCACs, AAV7s
and the V-22s that Japan had acquired.
 

Jeff Head

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