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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:49 AM Original message |
How many Nimitz-class supercarrier's do you think we need? Think 9 is enough? How about 10? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. I never feel safe here in San Diego unless there are at least two of those in the harbor |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. After the Cold War was over, I once saw six lined up in Norfolk and a 7th in the shipyard! |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. How about 11. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. Only 10? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. There are at least three major military air fields near Cape Hatteras |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. You have to assume that a third are in re-fit at any one time. Each comes in at a lower price... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I am currently residing in Newport News, VA, and right now |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. ...there you go! THIS is why the Bush Admin's suggestion we go down to... |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. Unlike the WW I Navy |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. A friend of mine is working on one of them |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
6. Each one cost... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. and each one comes in less $ than the previous and they last for 30 years. |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Oh, Balls.... |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Actually the service life of the carriers |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
39. Wow! Imperialism on the cheap. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
7. In considering this you should be aware of the fact that the US Navy |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. They've had stuff like that for years beginning with SOSUS. nt |
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RollWithIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. When the new Ford Class Super Carriers are commisioned the Nimitz & Eisenhower will be decommisioned |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
10. None of the carriers have been at Norfolk last few times I've been down there. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. It also says that we're overcommitted. There are 3 at Newport News right now. nt |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. I work for a contractor involved in the production of these... I want more of them |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. It makes the Air Force expendable! That's a GOOD thing! |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. Why do we need bases all over the world? |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
15. How about 0? I think we have higher priorities. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. There are some bad asses out there. nt |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Do you think projecting power like this has made us more friends or enemies? |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. What are we protecting? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Everything you say about oil causing wars is absolutely true |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
22. But I think the Republicans could terrorize us even if we had 20 |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. 15 |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. we won't be safe until everyone in the country lives on a supercarrier |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. Zero. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
29. Come on guys. I like watching the Military Channel as much as the next guy but isn't this overkill? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
30. Let's sell 4 to China! |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
31. I served time on four of those |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
32. If we can't get one recommendation on this one I would say appointing Dennis Kucinich ... |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Recommended lol |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
35. How long will he be out of office... |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
36. Big Empire...Oh, sure, the Empire only benefits a small elite class... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
38. I'm alright with the number |
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