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Needed Immediately: Up-To-Date U.S. Naval Fleet

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Posted By: 4250Luis, 3/4/2026 4:55:56 AM

For President Donald J. Trump, it doesn't take another 9/11 attack on the United States to strike at the head of a snake. His preemptive assault on the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, Iran, recognizes the stark reality that the ruling ayatollahs and their Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have not only sworn to destroy the State of Israel but seek to dominate the entire Middle East, from Yemen to Syria and beyond. They have slaughtered their own citizens, murdered American military personnel, and encouraged and funded acts of terror worldwide. Despite Trump's efforts to engage in diplomacy,

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Strike3 3/4/2026 6:55:22 AM (No. 2075772)
Hogwash. An aircraft carrier is a floating runway. Fifty years old or one year old, it performs the same critical function, launching and landing planes. Ours do just fine.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: privateer 3/4/2026 7:27:17 AM (No. 2075796)
It's no surprise that anything related to Gerald Ford is an overrated dud. Why not build a few brand spanking new Nimitz class carriers; updated and nuclear powered if the existing ones weren't already. I don't know. A few dozen extra missile frigates, and a handful of new submarines would be nice.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: stablemoney 3/4/2026 10:15:52 AM (No. 2075892)
Maybe we need to update our Naval Fleet, and stop funding overseas military bases that we are not allowed to use.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: DVC 3/4/2026 11:45:41 AM (No. 2075948)
Nothing wrong with our carriers. They last a VERY long time, being "mature technology". We have been steadily retiring older ones, building new ones and doing massive overhauls, which include tech upgrades, every 3-5 years on existing carriers. We could probably use a couple more, to reduce the stress of overseas deployments on the crews. We used to have 24 of the "big" Essex class carriers, built during WW2, and serving well into the 1960s. We slowly let that number wane to 14 or so, and it stayed there for a while, then 12 was deemed the "permanent number of carriers". Now we have 11 carriers, adequate, but barely. A few more would be good. We really need a heck of a lot more supporting ships, cruisers, destroyers and frigates. A LOT more of those. Dozens more of each class are needed, and yet we have no available shipyard capacity. THAT's the real "Navy ship problem".
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