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@ Fred Johnston
2025-05-03 00:32:18
Been saying this since the start of the Ukraine war.
Drones and the technology behind them has made obsolete 11 battle and aircraft carrier groups costing upwards of $50 billion EACH including all support vessels and destroyers (one Ford class carrier cost upwards of $15 billion with $1 billion/year in operating expenses).
What's really amazing is the cost of ordnance on these carriers is many times the cost of a drone. So even if the drones don't take out every ship they will drive the country OWNING the aircraft carrier group into bankruptcy.
It's only a matter of time with US aggression and expose around the world before someone launches enough drones that it just overwhelms the carrier group.