Comments by "1IbramGaunt" (@1IbramGaunt) on "Nimitz Class vs Gerald R Ford Class - How Do The Aircraft Carriers Compare?" video.

  1. Pax Atomica. The ship's actually been designed from the ground up to be adapted for a cat and trap system, not the very latest true but the older steam system's worked fine for decades so not an issue, if it ain't broke don't fix it; and your very American obsession with nuclear reactor superiority has obviously blinded you to the fact the 'lowly' diesel engines and generators that ship has could power a decent-sized city, it's basically a floating power station and if we DO eventually completely run out of oil altogether to fuel it frankly the WORLD will have too and powering an aircraft carrier will be the least of our worries lol, but I'm sure an alternative fuel source could be found and it'd STILL be cheaper than anything nuclear. That ramp comes right off, just like the rest of the ship it's a separate section not integral to anything else, a week or two in port and it's gone, I bet even I'D be able land a Typhoon or Rafale on it then no problem whatsoever, let alone an STOVL like all the variants of F35; ski-jump's cheaper though always has been, always will be and if it worked in the Falklands it'll work here, the F35 is all the fighter we're gonna need on this thing and it flies off a ramp just fine with the added bonus of extra fuel and carry-weight- plus the option of VERTICAL take-off no other fighter jet would have if the runway gets taken out or becomes otherwise inoperable (well except the Harrier of course but there's a reason we're replacing them with it's partly British-designed descendant, it's still a great aircraft and we should've kept some on as reserves or a stop-gap but it's also very old and we've gotta move with the times). It's the most versatile, all-rounder fighter jet yet built and perfect for British interests, meaning we only HAVE to cater for it and not for other types as well; after all why would an F18 or Rafale want to land on our carrier anyway? They'd supposedly 'always' have much bigger and better ships of their own to go back to. As for the differences between variants they're both gonna be carrying the same weapons and pilots with the same skill-levels so in an actual real dogfight or especially in beyond visual range fighting they'd definitely even each other out there, and thanks to that ski-ramp launch and dedicated infrastructure the British one's likely to have more fuel and ammo left hence be able to stick around longer, a good thing as it'd doubtless be outnumbered due that higher aircraft carrying capacity- but even so it's never the weapon or number of weapons but the man at the controls. All of this is academic though as several people above tried to point out; the US and Britain are allies and STAYING allies and your closest ally just got a lot stronger militarily, something you should be congratulating us on and being genuinely glad about as you've lost a lot of other friends and gained a lot of enemies lately whereas we get on with pretty much everyone most of the time and are pretty good at settling things when we don't, so frankly you're gonna need us a lot more than we're gonna need you in the next war
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