Comments by "WALTERBROADDUS" (@WALTERBROADDUS) on "Военное телевидение" channel.

  1.  @scgrigsby  there's a ongoing fallacy here that somehow the A-10 is some magical machine? It's not. It doesn't even fly most of the ground attack sorties in the last 20 years.
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  2. If you wanted a nuclear plant for power generation, there are plenty of existing land-based designs. This isn't like dropping a Chevy small block into something.
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  3. It's a 50-year-old worn out ship. The Royal Navy just built to brand new aircraft carriers. And Australia requires submarines right now.
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  4.  @mandoramirez1205  Russian surface ships are not your worry. I can't even leave the dock. It's the sub force that's the real threat.
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  5. Actually, China just introduced a brand new aircraft carrier about the same size. With more to come.
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  6. It's a 50-year-old worn out ship. Takes over 5,000 people to run it. And the Royal Navy already has two brand new aircraft carriers.
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  7.  @chernobyl68  it doesn't make any fiscal sense.
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  8. Not exactly news.
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  9. Most retired though.
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  10. Not possible when made first.
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  11.  @chiron13  have you actually seen how much a ship takes in a sink exercise?
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  12.  @jamesahoffman  we don't have the volume of pilots requiring carrier qualifications to justify an entire carrier just for that purpose. You're not getting another 20 or 30 years out of the Nimitz.
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  13. It's not a mistake at all. It's at the end of its life.
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  14. They're going to be scrapped.
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  15. China is building their own carrier Fleet. They just commissioned a brand new one a few weeks ago.
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  16. We already have aircraft carriers serving in that capacity on a rotating basis. We don't train enough Pilots to have a standing carrier just for that purpose.
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  17. Yes, sadly wrong. The ship has reached its 50 years of active service. There is no benefit to try and push that another 20 years.
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  18.  @julianbryantjb  we have ships purpose built for that use. We don't need any backups. Nor do we have the Manpower.
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  19. 50 years is about Max life for a ship. The cost of refueling is also prohibitive.
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  20. That is happy horse crap.💩 George Washington himself led the Army and put down a rebellion. It has happened many times since.
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  21. Nobody wants an 90,000 ton aircraft carrier. Plus you have to dispose of the reactor.
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  22. Nope
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  23. That's a lot of hype actually.
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  24. We don't need an entire CVN for training.
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  25. You overstated things. They go to Engineering school like everyone else. We don't have a Monopoly on tech or brains.
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  26.  @xsoireg  Wrong..... Your thinking and tactics are out of date.
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  27. You may not have noticed, but we're pushing close to 30 trillion in debt?
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  28. That's never going to happen. The nation is close to 30 billion in debt. Nobody is funding 15 aircraft carriers. Nor are you ever going to man and staff 15 Air Wings.
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  29. We've been waiting for years for her to do so. Supposed to go on first deployment next year.
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  30. Talking about past accomplishments of 30 years ago is not particularly relevant in 2022 or 2030. We are buying for the next 40 years here.
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  31. If you mean scrapping? That's exactly where it's going.
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  32. That comment did make a hell of a lot of sense.
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  33. I'm sure you can ship them down to the Queen Mary and find accommodations far more comfortable.
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  34. Right now plans are to retire the cruiser Force.
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  35. The honest answer is to bailout Boeing. This is more of a busy work program more than anything else.
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  36. Nobody wants a 50-year-old Buick. Nobody wants a 50-year-old aircraft carrier.
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  37.  @MrSheckstr  they have no need to buy anything. They have purpose-built ships for their requirements. And quite a healthy shipbuilding industry.
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  38. You're playing with numbers adjusted for inflation.
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  39.  @sjd7188  I meant to say most are going to be retired. Many are at 30 years now. And Budget cuts may send them out early.
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  40.  @stanstenson8168  there really wasn't a demand for either one. The ship nerd Community is a small one. I'm sure far more people go to the Statue of Liberty then have ever gone to the Intrepid Museum.
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  41.  @ronlackey2689  worse than a ship nerd. A snowflakey one.
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  42.  @paulhill1665  the West Coast folks are desperate for water. It's a lot more sensible than the other crazy idea they're pushing. Diverting water from the Mississippi.
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  43. Not needed.
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  44. Not true at all. It's has carried the load for 20 years.
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