To: Jeff Gordon
Yeah, because the egomaniac carrier admirals in the USN preferred to build them big instead of smaller, escort-type carriers in larger numbers.
Size = sex appeal.
17 posted on
02/12/2010 11:13:13 PM PST by
myknowledge
(F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
To: myknowledge
Super v. escort carriers have been studied every which way for 50 years. The big boys win.
88 posted on
02/13/2010 6:00:12 AM PST by
Jacquerie
(It is only in the context of Natural Law that our Declaration & Constitution form a coherent whole.)
To: myknowledge
*** Yeah, because the egomaniac carrier admirals in the USN preferred to build them big instead of smaller, escort-type carriers in larger numbers. *** 'Technically' we do have some 'escort-type carriers' today, they're used by the US Marines. They're not called 'escort carrier' today, but for all intents and purposes that's what they are.
99 posted on
02/13/2010 6:23:35 AM PST by
Condor51
(The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits [A. Einstein])
To: myknowledge
The evolution of naval warfare?
It could be that the submarine will control the seas...Remember the battleship? Replaced by the more deadly carrier...Perhaps the mighty carrier is to be replaced by the submarine as the terror of the seven seas.
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