Military force cannot substitute for political settlement, as the Iran campaign risks becoming another long open-ended U.S. deployment.
Browsing: Carrier
Reverting to steam catapults would delay carriers, shrink the fleet, and erase the Ford’s proven savings and launch superiority.
New technologies failed. Catapults malfunction. Sewage clogs daily. Crew morale suffers. The Navy’s premier carrier cannot fight.
“The Ford and its crew have been pushed to the brink after nearly a year at sea.”
Khamenei threatens to sink a U.S. carrier, but supercarriers are extraordinarily hard to sink—the real danger is devastating retaliation.