Even years before its launch, the U.S. Navy’s new class of ships — the aircraft carrier — was dismissed by some critics as an exorbitantly expensive folly that was already obsolete due to advances in modern warfare. Although this argument has often been levied at USS Gerald R Ford (CVN-78) currently under construction, it was also said about the nation’s first purpose-built carrier USS Ranger (CV-4) in the early 1930s. In the century since the Navy first started experimenting with shipboard takeoffs and landings, analysts have debated the merits versus the weaknesses of aircraft carriers. Detractors maintain that carriers are
The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is the most technologically advanced warship ever built.
It’s yet another headache plaguing America's newest aircraft carrier.
The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is the most technologically advanced warship ever built.
