anyone wanna talk me down from my fear that our navy is completely fucked the minute hostilities break out as a consequence of broad unreadiness, esp the 7th fleet i would welcome this idk we keep running into shit and there was the fire. and also thishttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Leonard_scandal …
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Replying to @eigenrobot
It’s been like 60 years and our “near peers” (lol, lmao) still can’t build carrier w/o a ski jump USMC designates their carriers “amphib assault ships” to get around UN reg (informal iirc) on carrier numbers All that matters is subs + carriers + arleigh burkes guarding carriers
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Replying to @ouroboros_outis @eigenrobot
Will it be more grim in 2050 ? If things continue apace, probably But there is no competent, numerically considerable blue water naval force on earth apart from the USN.
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Replying to @ouroboros_outis @eigenrobot
USN is pretty effective at high seas patrolling and power projection, but actual combat capabilities seem very lacking to me. If push comes to shove, any half inventive 3rd world admiral could easily beat them. The AF is what would really worry me in any conflict vs the US
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Replying to @Alexthecatholic @ouroboros_outis
i hesitate to ask but uh what is the issue with the air force just low readiness of f35s?
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Replying to @eigenrobot @ouroboros_outis
No, I mean as in it's the one branch that seems, to me, actually combat ready and truly by far the best of its class. If I were american, my biggest worry with the AF would be supply chain breakdowns lowering the number of combat ready planes
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Replying to @Alexthecatholic @ouroboros_outis
oh thank God ok I am glad to hear this vague impression is that army seems fine too honestly
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Replying to @eigenrobot @ouroboros_outis
Army is likely already subpar to Russians, but the AF would far more than compensate imo
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that bad? i thought the russians were mostly 1yr conscripts at this point what's our issue?
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