Aircraft Carrier's

[Wild Weasel]

Is there truth that all 5 of the US Nuclear aircraft carriers have been docked in Norfolk? If true that puts all our eggs in one basket! If true does anyone else think this is not right?

 

[cencrunner]

I believe we have 9 or 10. Five docked in the same place at the same time would be unusual, but these are unusual times.

 

[thegomezclan]

We have 11 carriers, the USS Enterprise is scheduled to be decommissioned this year.

 

[davek]

There are 10 Nimitz class carriers in service according to official sources

 

[pinkhamr]

I read that eMail also ...... Anyone remember Pearl Harbor? ...... 'Do Not' Circle The Wagons ..... waaay too easy to nail them all at once. Just sayin' .......

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[rhodesbe]

http://blogs.defensenews.com/interc...-christmas-9-flattops-at-norfolk-dec-20-2012/

 

[rr2008]

I found this interesting http://gcaptain.com/worlds-aircraft-carriers-visualized/

 

[rlongnt]

Nothing to see here folks.. Move along.

It's not like we've done anything that stupid since Dec 7th 1941 or anything..

 

[dennishoddy]

I don't know the base, but when flying into Vancouver BC last July, we passed over a harbor with 4 flat tops in the harbor while still in the US.

Times and defenses are way ahead from the Pearl Harbor days.

 

[rlongnt]

Times and defenses are way ahead from the Pearl Harbor days.

Of course you are 100% correct but as of today it would only take a single sheep dipped bad guy with a nuke & a cargo van to take out a massive chunk of our Naval air strike capacity. That is not a bet I would make.

A better question for those who may have more insight into things like this would be, has this ever happened since Perl Harbor? Is this normal or something we should be asking WT %@*< about?