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At two years before commission, which will occur in late 2020 or early 2021, the John F. Kennedy, the 2nd Ford Class crrier, looks like this:
I do not believe anyone can show a pic of CV-18 anywhere close to this stage of construction.
JFK was 65% complete structurally two years before launch, and as you see two years before commissioning.
Launch: Late 2019-early 2020
Commission: Late 2020 to early 2021
Anyhow, my expectation from what I have heard (because we have not seen much to date, whereas for CV-16 and CV-17 we saw quite a bit at this stage of construction), is that she is likely 3-4 years away from launch and 4-5 years away fro commission...perhaps longer because they will have to integrate the entire catapult launch at sea into her trials.
Time will tell.
At two years before commission, which will occur in late 2020 or early 2021, the John F. Kennedy, the 2nd Ford Class crrier, looks like this:
I do not believe anyone can show a pic of CV-18 anywhere close to this stage of construction.
JFK was 65% complete structurally two years before launch, and as you see two years before commissioning.
Launch: Late 2019-early 2020
Commission: Late 2020 to early 2021
Anyhow, my expectation from what I have heard (because we have not seen much to date, whereas for CV-16 and CV-17 we saw quite a bit at this stage of construction), is that she is likely 3-4 years away from launch and 4-5 years away fro commission...perhaps longer because they will have to integrate the entire catapult launch at sea into her trials.
Time will tell.
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