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Carrier John F. Kennedy Delivery Delayed 2 Years, Fleet Will Drop to 10 Carriers For 1 Year (news.usni.org)
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[–] footfaults@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Damn, America really is having to tighten its belt, only ten aircraft carriers doing donuts around the world while my bus route to work gets cancelled

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh no, only like 3 of them are actually operational at any one time.

[–] footfaults@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What? What the fuck!

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

oh sorry I lied, they can actually operate 5-6 at the same time https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-navys-great-aircraft-carrier-shortage-211763

[–] footfaults@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

that's still crazy though.