Laundry is dangerous.

According to Centcom of the US some lost socks started a fire on its most advanced aircraft carrier. How many socks you ask? Quantity unknown but it took all the fire fighting equipment on the ship 30 hours to extinguish. How big was the sock fire? Unknown but it did so much structural damage the ship will be out of service for a year or more. Remember folks count your socks. They may be setting fire in your home.

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hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M

A further update the ship is in a repair dock owned by Greece and reports have it that the flight deck and the island sustained structural damage and the ship may be out of action for up to 5 years. What this shows me is that the US wanted to fight like it was 1944 and not 2026. Most ships and aircraft are now obsolete with the leap in technology being used by missiles.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@hippyjoe1955 With damage that serious, and the strategic obsolescence point you make, I am suprised the US government has not declared the ship a total loss and brought it home for scrapping.

The USA has tried WW2 style fighting in many wars since WW2, and it's not really been very successful.