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beckyromero · 36-40, F
We've long needed a replacement for the Ticos. Turns out the Burkes ended up do that.
Now Trump is proposing Alaska-class size World War II battlecruisers to replace the Burkes.
It's the wrong approach.
But we do need more ships. And they should be anti-missile platforms (that can lob around Tomahawks, too.) In otherwords, a successor to the Ticonderoga class cruisers. And more destroyers and more frigates. And at least four more aircraft carriers - carriers that we already have; that we just don't need to retire: Nimitz, Eisenhower, Vinson and Roosevelt. Refuel them for another 25 years until we can start replacing them with the Ford-class on a one for one basis once we have 15 battlegroups.
Now Trump is proposing Alaska-class size World War II battlecruisers to replace the Burkes.
It's the wrong approach.
But we do need more ships. And they should be anti-missile platforms (that can lob around Tomahawks, too.) In otherwords, a successor to the Ticonderoga class cruisers. And more destroyers and more frigates. And at least four more aircraft carriers - carriers that we already have; that we just don't need to retire: Nimitz, Eisenhower, Vinson and Roosevelt. Refuel them for another 25 years until we can start replacing them with the Ford-class on a one for one basis once we have 15 battlegroups.
