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Bernardo de La Paz

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9. Cost $13 billion each. How many underwater drones could an adversary buy for that money?

Reply to Polybius (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2025, 08:57 PM

Jan 13

You could make a fast deep underwater drone with a ton of explosive for $1,000,000. So for the money you could build a fleet of 13,000 underwater drones.

And it is not just the carrier. A carrier group requires many ships to support and defend the carrier.

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2 New Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers Will Be Named After Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush [View all] Polybius Jan 13 OP

A garbage scow is having its keel laied up for TFG Historic NY Jan 13 #1

I was going to post that Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 13 #2

AFAIK, the only former president to have a Hunter/Killer sub named after them MarineCombatEngineer Jan 13 #3

Naming a ship after GW Dyedinthewoolliberal Jan 13 #4

I think Clinton and W were the most senior ex-Presidents without one named after them Polybius Jan 13 #5

I think I liked the aspirational names better...Enterprise, Intrepid, etc. dutch777 Jan 13 #6

I'm glad it's not Carter as I'm not sure if he'd approve because he didn't seem like someone that would support war. cstanleytech Jan 13 #7

Ummm MarineCombatEngineer Jan 13 #8

Ohhh, no I didn't know that 😔 cstanleytech Jan 14 #15

He was in nuke submarines Historic NY Jan 13 #10

Cost $13 billion each. How many underwater drones could an adversary buy for that money? Bernardo de La Paz Jan 13 #9

Post removed Post removed Jan 13 #11

I'm not a fan of naming Naval ships after recent Presidents ThoughtCriminal Jan 13 #12

I agree Kaleva Jan 13 #14

IMHO, carriers should be named after WWII era Essex class carriers Kaleva Jan 13 #13