I didn’t realize it until now, but, YES, I DO need an F-4 Phantom.

That Liberian tanker had me thinking more of a Spy Who Loved Me situation:

It's a shame to be shorthanded at a time like that.

Have we not learned from Pearl Harbor to distribute our Naval assets ? " 1/2 our carriers are in Virginia ? "

Obviously I don't know jack about it... but I'd hope it's a matter of force held in reserve — if your fleet is operating at 100% cost efficiency in relative peacetime you've got no capacity left for significant hostile engagement, particularly if the need is protracted.

Course you do....yawn. Again, go elsewhere. Nobody gives a fuck about your politics. You're on an AMERICAN website, that's emphasis is DEFENSE. If you want to talk about spending, find the proper soapbox. We were discussing the efficiency of various carrier designs for the US. You're not contributing. You're not…

"Your" nation? So, you aren't American? If that's the case, you're welcome for subsidizing your nation's defense spending for the past 60 years. Anytime you guys want to cut us a check, that'd be great, but we aren't holding our breath.

Typically I post well thought out responses. Not for you though. You're a full blown idiot and deserve to be treated as such.

The only "fact" you put up was that 2 years of TOTAL military spending would pay off all of student loan debt...

as always a wonderfully written, well researched and well thought out piece. Reading your stuff on here is always a pleasure and I actually feel educated afterwards. I wish there was more reporting and analysis done like yours available to read.

Great write up. But I'm left wondering, would it take 1 minute or 5 minutes for us to sink it? But seriously...if we went to war with them now and one of them stood in our way, has our weapons tech progressed enough to make it almost a non issue, or would we still seriously fear this relic?