U.S. Navy developers of the emerging USS
Gerald R. Ford are making extensive efforts to ensure the new class of carriers is positioned to fend off an entirely new generation of enemy attacks expected to greatly challenge the boundaries of ship defense.
U.S. Navy developers of the emerging USS
Gerald R. Ford are making extensive efforts to ensure the new class of carriers is positioned to fend off an entirely new generation of enemy attacks expected to greatly challenge the boundaries of ship defense.
During final parts of the Navy’s now complete 18-month Post Delivery Test and Trials phase for the
Beneath the more visible surface of the
USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carriers’ continued journey to deployment, there appears to be a concurrent and highly impactful, yet more narrowly focused or specific developmental trajectory lurking below the radar: increasing the Ford-class’ expanding role as an armed warship capable of engaging in heavy maritime combat.
Beneath the more visible surface of the
USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carriers’ continued journey to deployment, there appears to be a concurrent and highly impactful, yet more narrowly focused or specific developmental trajectory lurking below the radar: increasing the Ford-class’ expanding role as an armed warship capable of engaging in heavy maritime combat.
fishbowl "Five years ago, I would’ve said that the possibility of a “kinetic war” in the Indo-Pacific was very unlikely, now it is more likely than it was then.
Chinese news sources have accused the U.S. Navy of behaving in a provocative way.
The People’s Liberation Army-Navy has sent its first indigenous carrier on deployment in the South China Sea along with something resembling a carrier strike group. This move immediately follows the deployment of China’s first carrier to the region.
The Shandong, the first Chinese-built carrier, has been operational for a while and has been deployed on a sphere of missions in the region, including the South China Sea. The move might not seem surprising in light of a recent Chinese news report accusing a U.S. destroyer of “stalking” its Liaoning carrier group. While the Chinese claim the U.S. destroyer was “risking an accident” and behaving in a provocative way, the U.S. Navy very routinely operates destroyers, carriers, and even amphibious assault ships on patrol in the Pacific to ensure stability and conduct exercises and war preparations as needed. As part of this overall strategy,