never ever doubt american firepower
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swirlie · 31-35, F
American propaganda at it's best.
The US Navy also has the most obsolete fleet of aircraft carriers on the planet. This is because the Gerald Ford was considered obsolete before it even came off the drawing board, which your video forgets to mention.
Costing just over $1 Trillion US Dollars to build, the Gerald Ford, the so-called "crown jewel" of the Navy fleet, can be sunk in a heartbeat by a 30 year old, high speed attack ship as small as a Frigate, which fires it's guns vertically, not horizontally while the Frigate has pulled up alongside the carrier... assuming it ever got that close.
That is why each aircraft carrier is wholly dependent on an entire fleet of protection ships to flank it's sides, because a US Aircraft Carrier is a sitting duck without them, which is also why all aircraft carriers used today around the world are considered obsolete.
The US Navy also has the most obsolete fleet of aircraft carriers on the planet. This is because the Gerald Ford was considered obsolete before it even came off the drawing board, which your video forgets to mention.
Costing just over $1 Trillion US Dollars to build, the Gerald Ford, the so-called "crown jewel" of the Navy fleet, can be sunk in a heartbeat by a 30 year old, high speed attack ship as small as a Frigate, which fires it's guns vertically, not horizontally while the Frigate has pulled up alongside the carrier... assuming it ever got that close.
That is why each aircraft carrier is wholly dependent on an entire fleet of protection ships to flank it's sides, because a US Aircraft Carrier is a sitting duck without them, which is also why all aircraft carriers used today around the world are considered obsolete.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@swirlie Their only use is to project power against smaller countries half way around the world. In a serious fight with a major power, they would be eliminated in minutes..😷
swirlie · 31-35, F
@whowasthatmaskedman
Well for example, the Royal Swedish Navy uses Frigates to sink Russian destroyers which few people ever hear about. A Destroyer fires it's guns horizontally, with a maximum upward trajectory of about 45 degrees above the horizon.
This means that a Frigate, which can move through the water at 30+ knots, can easily outmaneuver a Destroyer's line of sight, only to pull up along side the Destroyer and literally be unable to be targeted!
Why is that?
Because if you park too close to a Destroyer, your vessel is actually underneath the Destroyer's gun barrels.
At that point, a vertical launch is achieved by the Frigate which then comes laser-guided, straight back down and onto the deck of the Destroyer you're parked beside.
Of course you would not choose to be parked there when all this was going on, but the point to be made is, even a Destroyer cannot protect an aircraft carrier from something as seemingly docile as a Frigate, which is marginally longer than a Destroyer, but which fires it's ammo vertically not horizontally.
Well for example, the Royal Swedish Navy uses Frigates to sink Russian destroyers which few people ever hear about. A Destroyer fires it's guns horizontally, with a maximum upward trajectory of about 45 degrees above the horizon.
This means that a Frigate, which can move through the water at 30+ knots, can easily outmaneuver a Destroyer's line of sight, only to pull up along side the Destroyer and literally be unable to be targeted!
Why is that?
Because if you park too close to a Destroyer, your vessel is actually underneath the Destroyer's gun barrels.
At that point, a vertical launch is achieved by the Frigate which then comes laser-guided, straight back down and onto the deck of the Destroyer you're parked beside.
Of course you would not choose to be parked there when all this was going on, but the point to be made is, even a Destroyer cannot protect an aircraft carrier from something as seemingly docile as a Frigate, which is marginally longer than a Destroyer, but which fires it's ammo vertically not horizontally.