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Mon Feb 27, 2012, 05:00 PM

Feb 2012

We sure do need a Navy. I'm just always thinking about what possible threat there is and drawing a blank. When you look at the navies of the world, I think we could probably cut ours by 25% and still be top dog.

One useful thing I did learn is that the navy maintains itself at current levels to deter not any actual rival, but any eventual rival. The prospect of a naval arms race with the US is supposed to be so expensive that it acts as some sort of deterrent. So we are in a perpetual arms race with ourselves. In a world where they are about to take a chainsaw to vital functions of government, it's worth asking if this is sutainable. The UK asked that question 50 years ago, and they seem to be doing--well, about the same as we are, actually.

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A Tale of two Ships [View all] unhappycamper Feb 2012 OP

Dear UHC, I love your posts tech3149 Feb 2012 #1

There are a number of reasons weapons costs and the military budget have sky rocketed, Lurks Often Feb 2012 #5

Great post... JSnuffy Feb 2012 #10

Hardly a fair comparison Lurks Often Feb 2012 #2

I was not comparing the utility of these shps, just the COST of these ships. n/t unhappycamper Feb 2012 #8

The costs are not comparable. It really is apples to oranges. NutmegYankee Feb 2012 #9

Still not a fair comparison since they serve drastically different roles n/t Lurks Often Feb 2012 #14

Apples to oranges madokie Feb 2012 #3

Is that all? pintobean Feb 2012 #4

This isn't a fair comparison. NutmegYankee Feb 2012 #6

Tend to agree Red Mountain Feb 2012 #7

A better comparison would be with the Gerald R Ford class Alcibiades Feb 2012 #11

Please do some basic research before posting Lurks Often Feb 2012 #12

I know they have been used in disaster relief Alcibiades Feb 2012 #16

You are the one who stated Lurks Often Feb 2012 #20

Insert the word "defining" Alcibiades Feb 2012 #23

Let's talk about Ford-class aircraft carriers. unhappycamper Feb 2012 #13

And Gas in 1955 (when CV-59 was commissioned) was $0.23 a gallon. NutmegYankee Feb 2012 #15

Don't know enough about the poster Alcibiades Feb 2012 #18

I agree they didn't believe in standing armies NutmegYankee Feb 2012 #19

OK Alcibiades Feb 2012 #24

wikipedia says 9 billion Alcibiades Feb 2012 #17

Because while we have 11, Lurks Often Feb 2012 #21

We've managed to do just fine Alcibiades Feb 2012 #22

Then you have a different interpration then Lurks Often Feb 2012 #25