US $800B Aircraft Carrier Is Finally Ready For Action | Russia Is Shocked

aircraft carriers are the largest most expensive and most powerful military vehicles on the planet in one Voyage they can carry an entire community of personnel and pack enough Firepower to destroy cities to the ground as a result the most powerful nations in the world today are those that wield aircraft carriers in their Navy's fleets and while these are all powerful Nations some have taken their quest for aircraft carrier dominance to unbelievable lengths by building aircraft carriers previously thought Impossible by building these aircraft carriers FS Charles de Gaal France the fs Charles de GAO is a flagship aircraft carrier that's operated by the French navy and is known for its remarkable specifications and cutting-edge capabilities commissioned in 2001 the Charles de Gaulle is the 10th aircraft carrier in France's history and the first nuclear-powered one in fact it's the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ever outside of the U.S Navy its nuclear-powered propulsion system grants it an unlimited range that allows it to operate across the world without the need to refuel once the 42 500 ton carrier can reach a top speed of 27 knots enabling it to swiftly respond to changing operational requirements one of the defining features of the Charles de GAO is its catapult launch system it is the only non-american Western aircraft carrier with this feature this state-of-the-art launch system enables the carrier to launch a wide range of aircraft including the e2c Hawkeye nfh Cayman Marine as-565 Panther ISR as365f dolphin Pedro and the Raphael M allowing for unparalleled versatility and flexibility as it fulfills its promise to give the enemies of France an encounter to regrets with the capacity to carry up to 40 of these aircraft and 500 tons of ammunition for both the aircraft Fleet and its own built-in missile launchers the Charles Segal serves as a floating Air Base capable of conducting a variety of operations ranging from Air superiority and strike missions to reconnaissance and surveillance the carrier's Flight Deck spans over 129 000 square feet and it is packed with Advanced aircraft handling features and maintenance facilities these make it easier for the ship's complement of 1950 Personnel to operate as efficiently as can be all of these and more contribute to the carrier's heavy unit cost of 5 billion dollars Js izumo JS kaga Japan JS izumo is the lead ship of the izumo class floating air bases of the Japan Maritime self-defense force and JS kaga is its twin both were originally built as helicopter carrying destroyers but are now being upgraded to aircraft carrier status enabling them to counter the seemingly looming threats from Neighbors China and North Korea however as neither ship has a ski jump or catapult to launch aircraft and the features can't be added economically the ships would be limited to short takeoff protocol Landing aircraft or stovl aircraft or short one such aircraft is the American f-35b lightning II which is widely regarded as the most advanced most intelligent silth yet ever to Grace the skies this stovl approach seemed manageable enough for Japan's Ministry of defense and so despite already having the conventional version of the F-35 that is the f-35a Japan announced in December 2018 that it would purchase about 40 f-35bs to be shared between izumo and akaga after conversion three years later two United States Marine Corps f-35b Fighters performed the first vertical Landings and horizontal takeoffs from izumo working the first time in over seven decades that a fixed-wing aircraft would be operated from a Japanese carrier the carriers would also host multiple anti-submarine helicopters Search and Rescue helicopters and a variety of other aircraft for built-in defenses each carrier has an air defense Suite consisting of two Phalanx and two cram close-in weapon systems these systems and a literal boatload of others are powered by a propulsion system of a cogag with two shafts and four gei ihi lm2500 IEC gas turbines that produce up to 112 100 horsepower this propulsion system can thrust an aircraft carrier to a top speed of 30 knots and provide enough power across the entire ship to serve a complement of 520 people all of these features and capabilities give the izumo and Conga unit costs exceeding one billion dollars each type 003 fujian China China has the second largest Fleet of aircraft carriers in the world and their third the type-003 fujian is everything to write home about in Mandarin the fujian was launched on June 17th 2022 with designs eerily similar to that of the American super carrier for one it does away with the assisted takeoff ramps of its predecessors only launched a few months ago the fujin remains a new aircraft carrier and like any Flagship military equipment not much information has been released about it however there's enough to know just what the aircraft carrier could offer like the American super carrier it features electromagnetic launch systems but only has three of them as opposed to the uss4 the fujian has a conventional Steam turbine-based propulsion system which is in many ways inferior to a nuclear propulsion system the fujian has a displacement of 80 000 tons making it 20 percent lighter than the Ford's 100 000 tons and with this smaller size comes a smaller air Wing although the exact number of supported aircraft is uncertain at this time whatever the counts it's certain to give the Chinese Navy multiple options to execute missions and with the electromagnetic launch systems active virtually all kinds of aircraft can take off from the fujian the fujian is the first indigenous Chinese aircraft carrier to take center stage in the battle for aircraft carrier dominance and that in itself marks a major milestone in the building capacity of China and a milestone in the ever going might of the Chinese military Gerald Ford U.S a quarter of all the aircraft carriers in the world belong to the United States and their total deck space is more than double that of all other nations combined spread across two carrier classes the U.S has 11 aircraft carriers that are so massive they referred to as super carriers and the most super of these super carriers is a 13 billion dollar USS Gerald Ford USS Gerald Ford was already the most advanced carrier in the world before it was completed to build it the US Navy had to stop work on over 9 000 other projects and a displacement of 100 000 tons the carrier is the heaviest aircraft carrier in the world USS Ford also features a record 23 new technologies as opposed to the Navy's usual too and of those Technologies these three are largely responsible for the carrier's invincibility and dominance 3. nuclear power propulsion two Bechtel a1b nuclear reactors the most Cutting Edge engines created for use on water power of the USS Gerald Ford as a result the carrier can run for 25 years at a time without refueling and with a max speed of around 30 knots the super carrier could access every country on the planet just in time to pay friendly visits to allies and wreak havoc on adversaries 2. American fighter jets and uavs up to 75 fighter jets and uavs can call the USS Ford home at any given time this includes the Navy's favorite child the 5th generation f-35c lightning II whose development program Remains the most expensive weapons development program of the Pentagon to date with a reported cost of 400 billion dollars the result of such an expensive program is a fighter that can do it all close air support vertical takeoff and landing and everything in between and when the Navy's 6th generation fax fighter comes to life the USS Ford is already equipped with the Technologies required to host launch and arrest it one Advanced launched and arrest systems on the USS Ford is a revolutionary first of its kind electromagnetic launch system to catapult every aircraft type into the sky in the shortest possible distance and an arresting gear that saves them from becoming sea divers by grinding them to a sharp halt these systems are designed for 4 100 takeoffs and sixteen thousand five hundred arrests before faults occur the USS Gerald Ford super carrier and other aircraft carriers from China Japan and France mentioned in this video are the symbols of Naval prowess for their respective Nations a sight to behold for allies and a presence to fear for the opposition but most importantly according to experts they are the reason you should like this video And subscribe to this channel so do that now and thanks for watching

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Length: 9min 17sec (557 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 24 2023