US Billions $ Aircraft Carrier Is Finally Ready For Action

at 13 billion the uss gerald ford super carrier is the most expensive aircraft carrier ever built the leader of the largest heaviest most powerful aircraft carrier class in history it is now ready for deployment to project the might of the united states military across the globe and to take on any adversary that might consider themselves near pier including aircraft carriers from russia and china and so no one ever dares this has been the case of total dominance for the uss ford over the last decade until now as china has just launched a new aircraft carrier that's certain to be more lethal and more advanced than any aircraft carrier that isn't of the us here we find out if the american super carrier now has a chinese contender and what exactly is this new aircraft carrier that china has just launched on june 17 2022 china launched its third aircraft carrier the type 003 fujian named after the fujian province in china it is the country's third and by far the most powerful succeeding type 001 liaoning acquired from ukraine as an incomplete post-soviet ship and the homegrown type 002 shandong that was modeled after the liaoning the new fujian comes with a new design similar to that of the american super carrier for one doing away with the outdated assisted takeoff ramps of its predecessors and replacing them with more superior launching gears similar in many ways to what can be seen on the uss ford uss ford was already the most advanced carrier in the world before it was completed to build it the u.s navy had to stop work on over 9000 other projects at a displacement of 100 000 tons the carrier displaces twice more than russia's admiral kuznetsov and is three times as valuable uss ford also features 23 new technologies as opposed to the navy's usual two and five of these technologies are largely responsible for the carrier's lethality dominance and the title super carrier five nuclear power two bechdel a1b nuclear reactors the most cutting edge engines created for use on water power the uss gerald ford as a result the carrier would only need to be refueled once over its entire 50-year operational life as these engines make use of the everlasting nature of nuclear energy this means uss ford can run for 25 years at a time without refueling and with a peak speed of around 30 knots the super carrier can access every country on the planet just in time to pay friendly visits to allies and wreak havoc on enemies 4. ai and automation the uss ford is as intelligent as they come with a balance of brute force and intelligence capabilities it achieves this by exploiting artificial intelligence particularly in the form of unmanned vehicles which are on their own making a name for themselves the automation of the carrier itself also comes into play allowing for fewer crew members than expected for a ship this huge and with less personnel on board comes more free space in the ship's hull to hold more systems weapons and life enhancement features such as ergonomic spaces and gymnasiums which ultimately results in a better quality of life for the 4 500 crew members an important factor seeing as a crew can only be as agile as the crew that keeps her oiled up and ready for action three new sensors and processing systems uss ford features the latest sensors processors and weapons needed on an aircraft carrier to maintain that balance of intelligence and lethality unlike virtually every other aircraft carrier in the world the uss ford features a single system for both horizon and volume search in the form of the an sby3 multifunction radar for x and s-band active electronically scanned array it remains the most advanced radar system from the us with enough versatility to handle surveillance air traffic control missile communications and spot targets from miles away two american fighter jets and uavs up to 75 fighter jets and unmanned aerial vehicles or uavs can call the uss ford home at a time including the navy's favorite child the fifth generation f-35c lightning ii joint strike fighter 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 really can do it all close air support vertical takeoff and landing and everything in between cementing it as the modern go-to fighter for the navy and every other department of the military that is until the 6th generation fa xx fighter takes center stage of course and for when that happens the uss ford is already equipped with the technologies required to host launch and arrest it one advanced launch and arrest systems an electromagnetic launch system to catapult every kind of manned and unmanned aircraft to the sky in the shortest possible distance and in a resting gear that saves them from becoming sea divers by grinding them to a sharp halt the edge of these systems that offer four thousand one hundred takeoffs and sixteen thousand five hundred arrests before faults over short takeoff ramps and even older steam launch systems are increased sorties meaning more aircraft could take off from this carrier and land on it in the shortest possible time than any aircraft carrier without these systems and although china draws from this the launch and arrest systems on the uss ford are the most advanced and they combined with other factors mentioned play a role in why no competitor can beat uss ford but there's more the united states aircraft carrier dominance comes firstly from the due diligence of building the most advanced aircraft carriers ever and secondly the competition not being much of a competition at all in fact 25 percent of the world's aircraft carriers belong to the us and their total deck space is more than double that of all other nations combined and some of these other nations are nato allies who aren't exactly looking to surpass the us in military might leaving only russia and china as possible competition although neither really is as the u.s has 15 aircraft carriers and china who has more than russia by the way has only just launched their third the type 003 fujian the fujian is still new and like any flagship military equipment not much information has been released about it but there's enough to know just what the aircraft carrier could offer like the american supercarrier it features electromagnetic launch systems but only has three as opposed to the us's four the fujian uses conventional propulsion inferior to the american nuclear propulsion that could keep the ford running for decades the fujian has a displacement of 80 000 tons making it 20 percent lighter than the ford's 100 000 tons and with smaller size comes a smaller air wing although the exact number of supported aircraft is uncertain at this time however it is certain that there are many enough to give the chinese navy options to execute missions and with their electromagnetic launch systems active virtually all kinds of aircraft can take off from the fujian and although the aircraft carrier is inferior to the uss ford in almost every way it marks a major milestone in the indigenous aircraft carrier building capacity of china and would likely welcome siblings that pose more of a threat to the american fleet as at this point only china seems to be able to do that russia on the other hand has been underwhelming in this department and to say they have fewer aircraft carriers than china could easily imply that they have two but no they have only one and that one is over 40 years old meaning it's closer to world war ii than it is to us today meet the russian admiral kuznetsov prior to the launch of china's fujian admiral kuznetsov was the largest conventionally powered aircraft carrier in the world it has a displacement of 58 000 tons 28 less than the fujian and a staggering 55 percent less than the uss ford the russian carrier can carry up to 30 to 40 aircraft at a time in other words half the capacity of the american super carrier the admiral kuznetsov like china's older aircraft carriers lacks catapult launch systems and only uses an extra large ramp to set aircraft up for ski jumps limiting the types of aircraft that can launch from its deck way laid by malfunctions and maintenance issues the admiral kuznetsov is now being upgraded to keep up with the times but the upgrades have also been waylaid by malfunctions and maintenance issues from a 70 ton crane crash to a fire outbreak and then spilling 300 tons of oil into the ocean for now it's uncertain if or when the admiral kuznetsov will return to sea although fishes in the sea would likely be hoping that day never comes it is interesting to note that china's first aircraft carrier the soviet era liaoning bought from ukraine is a sibling to russia's admiral kuznetsov only bringing to light how quickly and how well china has overtaken russia in the aircraft carrier space but still not close to the u.s for now that still seems to be an impossible task for anyone thanks to the american super carriers however one task that is possible is you subscribing to this channel and giving this video a like so kindly do so now it helps the channel grow that would be all for now thanks for watching

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Length: 10min 34sec (634 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 31 2022