European Reacts: US Navy's $8.5 Billion Aircraft Carrier

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  • @european-reacts
    @european-reacts  10 месяцев назад +14

    Feel free to hit the like button and subscribe for more content. I would also love to hear your suggestions for future reactions-drop them in the comments below!🙏

    • @MrVvulf
      @MrVvulf 10 месяцев назад +3

      The carrier you reviewed is not the most current class. The Gerald R. Ford class carriers are the newest, and so far there is only one - fittingly named the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78).
      You should review that one too.

    • @JohnLeePettimoreIII
      @JohnLeePettimoreIII 10 месяцев назад +1

      if a Carrier Strike Group were heading to Portugal, it would be with the permission (or request) of your government. USA and Portugal are strong allies and we would consider it our duty to help protect our friends in Portugal from any national military threat. US❤PT

    • @PurpleObscuration
      @PurpleObscuration 10 месяцев назад +2

      I really enjoy your channel content and always look forward to new releases, I must say that this has become my favorite channel

    • @european-reacts
      @european-reacts  10 месяцев назад +1

      @@PurpleObscuration oh so nice from you. Means a lot.

    • @gundam2jimmy
      @gundam2jimmy 10 месяцев назад +1

      You love the Phalanx. Look up the video on the A-10 Warthog. It has a larger gun.

  • @skateboarder27292
    @skateboarder27292 10 месяцев назад +94

    Europeans: “ *Wow a Nimitz* “
    Americans: “ oh.. this old thing? “

    • @mattfaustini
      @mattfaustini 10 месяцев назад +16

      Also, let's not talk about our 10 "helicopter" carriers lol

    • @rathael1428
      @rathael1428 10 месяцев назад +14

      @@mattfaustiniMost people don't realize just how many carriers we actually have because we are sneaky and call them things like "Amphibious Assault Ships".

    • @leechowning2712
      @leechowning2712 10 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@mattfaustiniwhich amusingly is only about 10% shorter than the one "fleet carrier" that the British own.

    • @Tijuanabill
      @Tijuanabill 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@rathael1428 We do that so the rest of the entire world can say they have more than 2 combined carriers. Seems more fair this way. But it isn't.

    • @ldy.darkhorse9800
      @ldy.darkhorse9800 9 месяцев назад +3

      Facts… I was thinking the same thing.. Nimitz?? That’s outdated now.. LoL.

  • @knightu1642
    @knightu1642 10 месяцев назад +9

    The new class of air craft carriers is the Gerald R Ford class, which cost $13 billion each! This is the older Nimitz class.

  • @Member00101
    @Member00101 10 месяцев назад +34

    I worked as a welder on the USS Gerald R Ford as well as worked on a few of the other aircraft carriers. You definately got your exercise walking the ships all day.

    • @european-reacts
      @european-reacts  10 месяцев назад +2

      Oh amazing. Love to have you here.

    • @DavidSimmons42
      @DavidSimmons42 10 месяцев назад +2

      How often did you get lost? I've heard new folks on carriers take a while to figure out how to get anywhere because the layout can get confusing.

    • @James-ju1wb
      @James-ju1wb 10 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@DavidSimmons42even after 4 years living on one, there was always room to get lost XD

    • @michaelhoward142
      @michaelhoward142 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@DavidSimmons42I was stationed aboard the USS Eisenhower (CVN-69) for about six months in the early 80's and, for the first week or so, I needed an escort going between berthing (sleeping area), my work space and the mess hall -- otherwise I'd often get confused and need some extra time to find my way. I rarely went anywhere else and, when I did do some exploring, I'd frequently get lost. Those ships are HUGE. It's like being in a strange city for the first time.

  • @scottn.4865
    @scottn.4865 10 месяцев назад +7

    Need to watch one which shows the folks making the food, people diving into the water while other are looking out for sharks. All of the items underneath the flight deck.

  • @RealzFoSho
    @RealzFoSho 10 месяцев назад +9

    Videos of something trying to mess with a carrier would only be simulated training. Carriers are extremely protected and have not been directly attacked in modern times.

  • @WhatDayIsItTrumpDay
    @WhatDayIsItTrumpDay 10 месяцев назад +40

    The Nimitz-class carriers ended their manufacturing run in 2009 with the George HW Bush (CVN-77) (CV has been the US Navy designation for aircraft carriers since the beginning of the class in WWI. The extra N is the designation for Nuclear powered.) The next ship was of the all new class Gerald R Ford (or Ford class for short) with its mothership being the Gerald R Ford (CVN-78). It replaced the USS Enterprise (CVN-65). The next Ford class carrier is the John F Kennedy (CVN-79) and is being built now, or may even be very close to completion. After a ship of this type is built, it has to go thru a few years of testing on the open sea (called "sea trials") before it is put into full service. The next ship after that will be the USS Enterprise once again, but this time it's number will be CVN-80 and of course be a Ford-class. The number at the end of the class letter designations is the number of ships of that class the US has built in the entire history of that class. So since WWI, 100+ years ago, America has built 78 carriers, plus two under construction, with another 7 or 8 more to go after that. The reason the US has 11 active duty carriers is because each battle group around the world generally has two carriers in it, so figure that just splitting the world into the Pacific and Atlantic theaters alone, that's 4 carriers, and if we have to deploy to the Indian Ocean or the Middle Eastern areas, that's another 2. But the Pacific itself being so massive, having 4 carriers in the vicinity, which are based in Japan, and I think there may be one in Australia (I may be wrong on that, so don't quote me on that) is beneficial. So as you can see, that's already up to 8 carriers just to cover each side of the Asian Hotspot. The carriers that are not deployed are back home getting refurbished and/or upgraded at any given time. But like they said, the nuclear fuel rods last 20 years, but food and munitions don't grow on trees out in the middle of the ocean, so they have to put to port every so often to resupply those things. They do use sea-born resupply ships that carry supplies over by rope, but there's only so much that method can do,
    While this video was pretty good, the one this channel dropped for the Ford class not too long ago is even better. It gets even more technical.

  • @archersfriend5900
    @archersfriend5900 10 месяцев назад +15

    The expensive part of a carrier is not the expensive part. It is maintaining the industry capable of producing not only the carrier, but the airwings, and all the technology on the carrier. Great reaction. Your English is really good. You would have no communications problems in a business environment. Keep up the good work.

  • @tj_2701
    @tj_2701 10 месяцев назад +6

    Pausing is fine, pause the videos as much as you want or need to. Just try and remember to rewind/backup the video a few seconds so you don't miss anything.

  • @twwtjohns
    @twwtjohns 10 месяцев назад +2

    PS: That's a previous generation Nimitz class aircraft carrier. The newer ones are Ford class and the first one ran in excess of $13 Billion dollars.

  • @gregcarlson2725
    @gregcarlson2725 10 месяцев назад +1

    That seawiz gattlin gun shots down incoming missiles

  • @randallshelp4017
    @randallshelp4017 10 месяцев назад +53

    Somali pirates once tried to mess with a US destroyer. Once...

    • @nickswinehart1496
      @nickswinehart1496 10 месяцев назад +8

      That part had me rolling 😭😭😭

    • @nellwhite5659
      @nellwhite5659 10 месяцев назад +12

      US Navy was created to combat pirates on the Barbary coast

  • @stevenjohnson2397
    @stevenjohnson2397 10 месяцев назад +15

    Hey brother. Just stumbled across your channel a couple days ago. Love your reactions.
    I don't normally write/comment. But I served aboard aircraft carriers for yrs. Wasn't ships company. I belonged to an F-14 fighter squardon VF-103. I was 1 of those weird people that loved being out at sea.
    I served aboard U. S. S. Enterprise, U. S. S. Washington. And the ship I call mine. Since we where on it the longest. Is the U. S. S. Eisenhower

    • @european-reacts
      @european-reacts  10 месяцев назад +6

      oh its a honor to have you here! Ty so much for your service sir!

    • @ThePelagicHermit
      @ThePelagicHermit 10 месяцев назад +4

      Great to see some gratitude from Europe. Someone that recognizes that the USA are the good guys.
      And thank you indeed for volunteering to die for my freedom Sailer.

    • @James-ju1wb
      @James-ju1wb 10 месяцев назад

      Looks like you were on the Ike when I served on Enterprise. Glad to hear you enjoyed the sea, fam!

  • @archersfriend5900
    @archersfriend5900 10 месяцев назад +8

    29% of the Earth is covered by land, the other part is covered by the US Navy.

  • @BradleyChristmas
    @BradleyChristmas 10 месяцев назад +6

    That, my friend, is what you get when you take a gatling gun and power it with an electric motor. The older version of the weapon was variable rare of fire at either 2000 or 4000 rounds per minute. With the newer versions of the weapon they run it at 3000 rounds per minute to make the weapon system more compact and less complex as it has fewer gears with a set firing rate.

  • @colleenmonfross4283
    @colleenmonfross4283 10 месяцев назад +9

    The cost of the new carrier has increased to over $13 billion now.

    • @european-reacts
      @european-reacts  10 месяцев назад +2

      Insane 🫠 - but they are amazing

    • @alexhensley-om3sh
      @alexhensley-om3sh 5 месяцев назад

      That should improve if there’s a few politicians who understand economy of scale. Remember the f35.

  • @leonnoir1185
    @leonnoir1185 10 месяцев назад +1

    Gerald R. Ford Class cost around 13 billion per ship for now!

  • @larrywelchko6136
    @larrywelchko6136 10 месяцев назад +4

    These are a bargen at 8.5 billion a peace. The new Ford class carriers are $13.5 billion each and we have 2 already out there.
    Love your channel, keep up the great responses.

  • @verticalintegration5222
    @verticalintegration5222 10 месяцев назад +1

    It costs so much not because of the carrier but the fact that they take into account the cost it took for research etc to produce it and all costs in between, man hours ($) time ($) etc

  • @pasqualecavallaro6671
    @pasqualecavallaro6671 10 месяцев назад +6

    You need to do a reaction video to the new $13 billion aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford class.

  • @Tijuanabill
    @Tijuanabill 10 месяцев назад +2

    Despite the carriers themselves not needing fuel, managing the onboard jet fuel is a major part of their operation.

  • @darkangelsoaps8258
    @darkangelsoaps8258 10 месяцев назад +5

    The osprey are really cool. They are a twin propeller airplane but to take off those two big props rotate up and allow it to take off luke a helicopter. Its the one you said looks like an alien. Once its up in the air the props rotate forward in line with the wing like a regular prop plane. You should try to check out a video on it. We also have jet fighyers that lift straight up and then fly off and can hover and slowly land straight down.

  • @markanthony2274
    @markanthony2274 10 месяцев назад +2

    10 questions maybe during the whole duration of the video that's it man That's it.

  • @brynejordan2877
    @brynejordan2877 10 месяцев назад +2

    Really enjoy your reactions man. Sending love from the hills of West Virginia, USA. Please keep it going.

  • @teresawallace4185
    @teresawallace4185 5 месяцев назад +1

    My husband worked at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock for 21 years. He worked on aircraft carriers. Hello from Virginia!

  • @williamv9058
    @williamv9058 10 месяцев назад +2

    it used to be "where are the battleships". Now, its "where are the carriers". BTW, carriers used to be named after revolutionary war battles. "Enterprise" was the code name of the revolutionary war.

  • @Nimbus1701
    @Nimbus1701 10 месяцев назад +4

    There is another video discussing the new Gerald R. Ford carrier (also named for a class of carrier) amd I believe its cost is over $13 billion. It is more advanced than these carriers and will replace them. For something that may really blow your mind, check out the battleship USS Nevada. It was a ship that survived the attack on Pearl Harbor and TWO nuclear blasts.

  • @arthurp-er1yz
    @arthurp-er1yz 5 месяцев назад +1

    I live in Southern Cal. Civilians could visit a museum/aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY. It is an older carrier, but still,its corridors are endless! Plus, Hangars n storage sections! Just amazing.

  • @buddystewart2020
    @buddystewart2020 10 месяцев назад +6

    8.5 Billion Dollars would be 7,736,000,700.00 Euros. Yeah, that's about the right amount for a Nimitz class carrier. The new carrier, the Ford class, is 13 billion dollars.

  • @ronileigh9336
    @ronileigh9336 10 месяцев назад +3

    🇺🇲 Hi there, girl here lol I haven't been able to get online all day finally they got fixed whatever was broken. The first thing that came up was your video. I'm happy to enjoy watching you react to the air craft carriers.
    You might as well move you and your family to the United States. We would love to have another patriot like you.
    I forgot to tell you I always give you a thumbs up and I watched to the end.❤

  • @IskarJarek
    @IskarJarek 10 месяцев назад +4

    my dad worked on the nuclear engines on a few of these, and Ive been on a couple when they were finished. They are massive.

  • @richardkolstad7936
    @richardkolstad7936 10 месяцев назад +2

    New USS Ford class is $13 billion

  • @romarobbins270
    @romarobbins270 10 месяцев назад +4

    If you’re ever in San Diego, you can tour the Midway. Being on a carrier shows you how huge they really are.

  • @rosslangerak8361
    @rosslangerak8361 10 месяцев назад +2

    A carrier is never alone, and the escorts would never be so close as is seen in this video. The escorts would form a ring that was miles in diameter. The escorts are there to protect the carrier.
    The US currently has 11 carriers with a new class just entering service. Typically, 4-5 will be deployed, 3-4 will be in port for refit, and 3-4 will have new crews working up for deployment.

  • @n1co2017
    @n1co2017 10 месяцев назад +1

    everybody at the car meet gangsta till the Nimitz rolls up with 260'000 hp
    i do know that they have videos of testing the C-WIS against naval targets idk if there are videos of real engagements but i am relatively certain that i've seen a test

  • @DEEKWD-cd2zb
    @DEEKWD-cd2zb 10 месяцев назад +4

    $8.5 billion is 1.1% of the current annual US defense budget

  • @TheBongReyes
    @TheBongReyes 10 месяцев назад +12

    Nimitz-class will eventually be replaced by the Ford-class but it’ll takes decades for all Nimitz-class carriers to be retired. Currently, only 5 Ford carriers has been built or scheduled to be built. That would still leave 6 Nimitz carriers left to be replaced.

  • @brendanrisney2449
    @brendanrisney2449 10 месяцев назад +1

    After I graduated high school, my family took me to vacation on the east coast- particularly in boston. But, on the last day, we took a train to NYC and there I saw an aircraft carrier for the first time in my life. I don't even think it was a nimitz, but, let me tell you, _nothing_ can prepare you for just how *_HUGE_* they are in person. It's jaw-dropping.

  • @thomasohanlon1060
    @thomasohanlon1060 10 месяцев назад +1

    The Nimitz Class is reaching the end of their service life and the first of the replacement class (Gerald R. Ford Class) is on line already.

  • @mrjackpots1326
    @mrjackpots1326 10 месяцев назад +1

    One thing they left out of the video is how the air defense system works. Instead of each ship in the battle group independently targeting and firing upon incoming threats, the sensors and weapons of entire fleet are integrated into a single unit controlled by AI. The threats are instantly analyzed and weapons fire is assigned so each target gets exactly what is needed to destroy it, no more and no less.

  • @sejongthegreat3044
    @sejongthegreat3044 6 месяцев назад +1

    It took about 34 hours for a US Navy Aircraft carrier to depart from the east coast of the USA to the Gulf of Adan. I don't actally know how fast that is, but it's well above the advertised top speed.

  • @wojecire
    @wojecire 10 месяцев назад +1

    My brother was on the Regan for many years, I was able to go aboard a couple times for certain family and friends events.

  • @andrewj9831
    @andrewj9831 10 месяцев назад +1

    Also keep in mind, they can increase the numbers of multi-use aircraft, or offload the support planes (C2, E-2) if needed (and where they can operate from land or use an USAF E-3)....

  • @leo2a7dk
    @leo2a7dk 8 месяцев назад +1

    The 25 mm bushmaster is a beast.......

  • @m.c.1933
    @m.c.1933 10 месяцев назад +4

    Please watch the video on the Gerald Ford carrier. It is our newest model. Bigger and better than the ones shown in the video.

  • @dakota5176
    @dakota5176 10 месяцев назад

    Hello from Oregon USA.. I just found your channel in my feed and have been binged watching it, I really enjoy your videos.. your English is great.

  • @timlane5445
    @timlane5445 9 месяцев назад +1

    They can be sunk with special missiles. Nimitz is 49 years old. Very expensive to upgrade its equipment

  • @AlexisLopez-pb8ms
    @AlexisLopez-pb8ms 5 месяцев назад +1

    Remember the ship itself may be 8.5 billion dollars. But when you take the air wing, strike group ships and the thousands of personnel not to mention all of the logistical support. Now you’re looking at 10’s of billions of dollars for a deployment.

  • @bryanstoke3381
    @bryanstoke3381 10 месяцев назад

    It used to be a very hard sledgehammer,
    Now it’s very precise , super efficient super frightening.

  • @kevint2555
    @kevint2555 9 месяцев назад +1

    Best part is we have 11 of them!

  • @patdelisle8684
    @patdelisle8684 10 месяцев назад

    They also have a whole battle group around them at all times

  • @joshfrerichs7068
    @joshfrerichs7068 10 месяцев назад +1

    Hey friend! Every time I check in on you, u gain a 1000. Keep up the good work.

  • @timlane5445
    @timlane5445 9 месяцев назад +1

    The newest carriers USS Bush cost 13 billions. Yes they are the most expensive naval ship.

  • @valentine_puppy
    @valentine_puppy 10 месяцев назад

    Say goodbye to the Nimitz-Class and Hello to the Gerald R Ford Class. Clearly Superior.

  • @markhogan9435
    @markhogan9435 9 месяцев назад +1

    My time on Nimitz, it can actually go faster than what's stated here

  • @Rod-Wheeler
    @Rod-Wheeler 10 месяцев назад +2

    Love your reactions!

  • @sejongthegreat3044
    @sejongthegreat3044 6 месяцев назад +1

    Let's put things into perspective. Any US large deck (Amphibious assault or Carrier) will be guided by at least 1 nuclear submarine at all time. In contested waters, they will have 2 and in a war time stance will be 4 or more. All submarines are equipped with trident nuclear warheads and vitually any assault that could be reasonably argued to be an attempt to sink a US carrier or Amphibious assault ship can and most likely will be met with nuclear retaliation.

  • @Zhiperser
    @Zhiperser 10 месяцев назад

    Now you should watch a video about the Ford carriers that are replacing these.

  • @tylerfortson9535
    @tylerfortson9535 10 месяцев назад

    man you gotta check out "real engineering - The Insane Engineering of the SR-71 Blackbird". that thing is insane

  • @LisaC.-mebugyou
    @LisaC.-mebugyou 10 месяцев назад

    The Gerald Ford class carrier is about 13 billion comes after the Nimitz

  • @mr.d3200
    @mr.d3200 9 месяцев назад +1

    Fun fact for you. The US Navy was originally created to hunt down pirates.

  • @seanmillette4323
    @seanmillette4323 2 месяца назад

    Worth noting how many different kinds of planes were all able to be replaced with the F18.

  • @br0ckst4ng
    @br0ckst4ng 10 месяцев назад

    I love your content bro! Cheers from the US!

  • @BLUEYENKO
    @BLUEYENKO 10 месяцев назад +1

    B-2 bombers are about $2 billion each. You should do a video on those.

  • @lindamefford5818
    @lindamefford5818 10 месяцев назад

    If you are interested in the day to day working of these supercarriers, May I suggest that you watch the video by Mike Rowe: Somebody’s got to do it: how to stop a fighter jet on a super carrier. AND the second installment of this video called Mike Rowe: somebody’s got to do it: Manhandling missiles on a nuclear super carrier.
    He has a television program where he goes around the country to see how the regular fellow does their job and interviews the workers. I think you’d enjoy watching. I must say that I enjoy your enthusiasm.

  • @TheSSTart
    @TheSSTart 10 месяцев назад +2

    You should react to "The Enormous USS Ronald Reagan Super Carrier | Aircraft Carrier: Guardian Of The Seas" by the channel spark. It goes over how aircraft carriers work and all the different jobs of the crew.

  • @BryanW-bp3le
    @BryanW-bp3le 10 месяцев назад

    The new Gerald R Ford Class Carriers that are being built and put into service now are worth $13.5 billion dollars each to build.

  • @afarmer3751
    @afarmer3751 10 месяцев назад

    You pause whenever you want to, and that's why I watch your channel. I want to hear your perspective, otherwise I'd just watch the video you're watching.

  • @donktheclown
    @donktheclown 9 месяцев назад +1

    Cost overruns keep it right about 14 Billion USD. That face at 5:02 is one of putrid disgust. LMAO.

  • @knightu1642
    @knightu1642 10 месяцев назад

    Subscribed! Great content!

  • @gundam2jimmy
    @gundam2jimmy 10 месяцев назад

    You love the Phalanx. Look up the video on the A-10 Warthog. It has a larger gun.

  • @viewer1234567891011
    @viewer1234567891011 10 месяцев назад

    8.5 billion is the hull cost. Fully equipped the cost is about double.

  • @morbiouslenoir
    @morbiouslenoir 10 месяцев назад

    That's the old stuff. Check out the Ford class carriers.

  • @AlaskanGlitch
    @AlaskanGlitch 10 месяцев назад +1

    It is even crazier than you think. Because of its two nuclear reactors, the aircraft career is able to convert sea water into aviation fuel so it can refuel all of its aircraft.

  • @usmc24thmeu36
    @usmc24thmeu36 10 месяцев назад +4

    8.5 billion is 7.7,675,000 euros.

    • @european-reacts
      @european-reacts  10 месяцев назад +3

      insane

    • @seanpatton7406
      @seanpatton7406 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@european-reactsJust watched your video about America's Top Badass Planes. Here's a video below you'll enjoy about the *B-52 Bomber Fleet* doing an 🚨Emergency🚨 Takeoff 🛫 Exercise...🤨😳 Wow!!!
      ruclips.net/video/ckatAzemRHk/видео.htmlsi=oPqXIm8SYPv7S6aM

  • @knightspearhead5718
    @knightspearhead5718 10 месяцев назад

    Yes most ships are named after either famous people, there creators, or famous monuments/cities

  • @cosmicyeti6804
    @cosmicyeti6804 10 месяцев назад

    The Ford class carrier was 13+ BILLION!

  • @shawnb4938
    @shawnb4938 10 месяцев назад

    $80 billion dollars is €71 euros, nearly three quarters of Portugals yearly budget.

  • @theprogressivecynic2407
    @theprogressivecynic2407 10 месяцев назад

    For perspective, one of those carrier strike groups has more naval and air power than the entire country of Portugal. It could fight a war against most of the world's nations and come out on top, with the only danger being running out of ammunition.

  • @daleowen2606
    @daleowen2606 10 месяцев назад

    There's a video about pirates accidentally attacking a Spanish warship that's a pretty good video

  • @spuds416
    @spuds416 10 месяцев назад

    It only takes a Carrier 7 days to go from Norfolk Virginia to the Arabian peninsula

  • @40Acres_and_A_Mule
    @40Acres_and_A_Mule 10 месяцев назад

    it was including design which includes future ships design between 8.5 and 13.5 billion dev and build for first one follow ons will be less not as much dev cost

  • @TrulyUnfortunate
    @TrulyUnfortunate 10 месяцев назад

    So....11 carriers at 8.5 billion each.
    For a grand total of 93.5 Billion dollars!!!
    Wonder what the total cost would be if you added the strike groups that are always with the carriers?

  • @gregoriancatmonk6904
    @gregoriancatmonk6904 10 месяцев назад

    The Nimitz Class are the bargain price aircraft carriers it's the Gerald Ford Class that's the expensive ones.

  • @tj_2701
    @tj_2701 10 месяцев назад +1

    To give a little bit of scale each propeller is taller than 4 men
    😋

  • @shadownor
    @shadownor 10 месяцев назад

    I can't wait for CVN-80, there must always be a USS Enterprise.

  • @kevincervantes4783
    @kevincervantes4783 10 месяцев назад +1

    You should watch the new Ford class carries they are out now

  • @medicisdad1
    @medicisdad1 10 месяцев назад +1

    People always talk about how the carriers are "sitting ducks"... Look up what it took to sink the Kitty Hawk, no damage control. Completely defenseless. Just check the record.

    • @dvwjr79
      @dvwjr79 10 месяцев назад +1

      It was not the Kitty Hawk, it was the America.

    • @AA-xo9uw
      @AA-xo9uw 10 месяцев назад +1

      Kitty Hawk was scrapped. You're thinking of America.

  • @davidmartinez787
    @davidmartinez787 10 месяцев назад

    If he's freaking about the price tag on the Aircraft Carrier wait until he finds out about the seawolf class subs 😅

  • @spuds416
    @spuds416 10 месяцев назад

    A B 2 Spirit approximately $2 Billion each

  • @tj_2701
    @tj_2701 10 месяцев назад +1

    I recommend checking out the channel Real Engineering they have some good videos on different machines including some military equipment including two videos in particular:
    1) The Insane Engineering Of The A-10 Warthog
    2) The Insane Engineering Of The SR-71 Blackbird

  • @eriknochensonakaoverwatch3146
    @eriknochensonakaoverwatch3146 10 месяцев назад

    B-2 stealth bomber plane cost over 2 billion each.

  • @Zhiperser
    @Zhiperser 10 месяцев назад

    The most expensive stuff is maintaining the hundreds of bases on foreign soil.

  • @seanmillette4323
    @seanmillette4323 2 месяца назад

    The USN is the second largest air force in the world, behind only the USAF.

  • @knightspearhead5718
    @knightspearhead5718 10 месяцев назад

    Aircraft carriers are indeed the most expensive and the US is the only nation in the world the fields more then 3 or 4.
    They are basically floating cities as mentioned in the video

  • @tvdroid22
    @tvdroid22 10 месяцев назад

    John C. Stennis was a Mississippi senator.

  • @VroodenTheGreat
    @VroodenTheGreat 10 месяцев назад +1

    Yeah, it's true... $8.5B. and we have 11 of em. We spend close to a trillion a year on military.
    EDIT: I was actually on a cruise ship bigger than one of these aircraft carriers, at 1192 feet and 1.5x the displacement.

  • @corinnem.239
    @corinnem.239 10 месяцев назад +1

    You need not fear the US Navy. Portugal is a NATO ally. Our allies are our friends. 😊

  • @pattyg1902
    @pattyg1902 10 месяцев назад +20

    By the way Nimitz class carriers are on the chopping block they're all going to be retired in the next like 10 to 20 years and the Ford class super carriers will be taking their place and we already have the Gerald R Ford the greatest aircraft carrier ever made America today America tomorrow America forever

    • @craigplatel813
      @craigplatel813 10 месяцев назад +5

      Also more like 30 years or so before the last Nimitz is decommissioned.
      Also the term chopping block isn't really appropriate. They will be decommissioned at the end of their service lives. Being on the chopping block tends to mean that they are being cut form the budget or will be retired early.

    • @pattyg1902
      @pattyg1902 10 месяцев назад

      @@craigplatel813 knowing the military it's going to be even longer than that

    • @craigplatel813
      @craigplatel813 10 месяцев назад

      @@pattyg1902 if the last Nimitz lasts 50 years that will be 2059. So 36 years from now as I said. What inherently about the US military would make it longer than that.
      I said decommissioned not disposed of which will take longer.pethsos that is what you are thinking about. But by time the last Nimitz needs to be disposed of the process will be well established just like for subs.

  • @jb0915
    @jb0915 10 месяцев назад

    My dad was a senior chief in the uss America and the uss John c stennis. I got a 3 day cruise on the America and holy shit. You don't realize how big they are until you see the movie theater and arcade etc. It truly is a city