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The U.S. only has 11 carrier groups: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/where.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/where.htm One new one, the
by Perceval 17y ago
The U.S. only has 11 carrier groups: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/where.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/where.htm
One new one, the Gerald Ford, is in construction.
You are right that other countries at best only have one carrier. And, as far as I know, no other country has a super-carrier. A normal aircraft carrier has a 40-50,000 ton displacement, whereas super-carriers have 90-100,000 ton displacement. All U.S. carrier are super-carriers, whereas other countries have only regular carriers.
- metamemetics 17y agoI was including our light-carrier amphibious assault ships, as their deckspace is still larger than the largest carrier of most other countries. Great visual aide: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/carriers.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/carriers.htm
- rdtsc 17y agoHow many torpedoes or cruise missiles would take to drown super-carrier?
- rdtsc 17y agoWhy is this downvoted? It is a valid question. If we spend hundreds of millions of dollars on something that can be taken down by one torpedo, we are doing something wrong. In a full blown WWIII, it would be worth wasting a couple of nuclear torpedoes to drawn some super carriers loaded with very expensive and vulnerable equipment. One such torpedo was almost lunched during the Cuban missile crisis. We should probably be grateful for this guy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasiliy_Arkhipov http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasiliy_Arkhipov) for stopping WWIII.