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From: davidl@Bonnie.ICS.UCI.EDU
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Aircraft Carriers.
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Date: 7 Mar 91 01:31:13 GMT
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From: davidl@Bonnie.ICS.UCI.EDU

	In the latest issue of Time Magazine, there was an interesting article
	about the U.S. military capability, if  another war had started
	started someplace else....

	In the fiqures shown in the article, the reporter stated that
we only had 13 carriers..... But I thought we had 14 deployable carriers.
Does anyone know how he got 13 ??? Is he excluding the USS Washington as
a deployable carrier ?

	Also does anyone know about carrier funding for the next fiscal
year ? I know Cheney is still itching to cut the number of carriers to 12.

	Finally, does the Navy have any plans to replace the F-14 ???
	I know that this year will probably be the last year we procure
	F-14D....But you can't upgrade forever....So what's next

	I heard that the Navy might procure a variant on the YF-22 or YF-23
	(which ever one wins)

	Finally, do any of you have any thoughs about aircraft carriers in
	terms of:

			1) numbers we should have
			2) Whether or not we should have them at all.
			3) Their usefulness.
			4) Their effectiveness during the Gulf War

			5) Anything you want.


	Send your welcomed thoughts and answers to questions above to:
		davidl@bonnie.ics.uci.edu



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