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Originally Posted by mapuc
I say:
In the future Carriers will be obsolete
I guess the military will have developed new type of combustion and/or fuel type.
The fighter jets will also have changed.
Meaning a futuristic F35 could, without refueling. fly from USA over Europe and Russia to China.
Markus
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It will take a long time to replace the F-35 ... over twenty years in the planning stage now with the first crash just recently. The unit costs vary, but the price tag of F-35s is around $100 million each.
Drones are next ... I see hundreds of the old F-5 air frames on pogo sticks with AI pilots steering them to targets for only 10% of what an F-35 cost.
The Carriers like the latest one the USS Ford can last fifty (50) years using drones that can be launched as soon as a threat is detected.
In fact you could use an AK to launch drones. Like this one:
Name: USNS Soderman
General characteristics
Displacement:
54,298 t. (full)
32,589 t. (light)
Length: 907 ft (276 m)
Beam: 106 ft (32 m)
Draft: 36 ft (11 m)
Installed power: 47,000 hp (35 MW) [1]
Propulsion:
1 Burmeister & Wain 12L90 GFCA diesel;
1 shaft; bow and stern thrusters
Speed: 22 knots (41 km/h)
Capacity: 312,461 sq ft (29,029 m2) [2]
Complement:
29 civilian mariners,
2 naval officers, 48 enlisted
Aviation facilities: helicopter platform
USNS GySgt Fred W. Stockham (T-AK-3017) is a Shughart-class container & roll-on roll-off support vessel in the United States Navy's Military Sealift Command
