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Ok so the threat from Iran justifies the need for 11 carrier fleet according to Sec Def.
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ABOARD THE USS ENTERPRISE – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told sailors aboard the country's oldest aircraft carrier that the U.S. is committed to maintaining a fleet of 11 of the formidable warships despite budget pressures, in part to project sea power against Iran.
Panetta also told the crowd of 1,700 gathered in the hangar bay of the USS Enterprise that the ship is heading to the Persian Gulf region and will steam through the Strait of Hormuz in a direct message to Tehran.
Iran has warned it will block the Strait, a major transit point for global oil supplies, and bluntly told the U.S. not to send carriers into the Gulf. The U.S. has said it would continue to deploy ships there.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/21/us-to-keep-11-aircraft-carriers-to-show-sea-power/?test=latestnews#ixzz1kCUvOJ1B
Come on man you can come up with a better excuse than that.
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'just because want to' seems a little, you know...
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good grief
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If it weren't the Iranians it would be the N. Koreans or them wilee Chinese.
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Woohoo, my stocks are up!
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Not all 11 carriers are available at any given time, they get refueled and overhauled periodically. Enterprise is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2013 and won't be replaced until 2015 at the earliest so for a couple of years there will only be 10 carriers and depending on the schedule for refueling and overhauling there will probably be less than that available for deployment.
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Oldest carrier sounds expendable...
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its for the lulz
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They know Gingrich might be up next, hate to be caught pants down when he wants to invade.
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Aerlinthian posted:
Oldest carrier sounds expendable...
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