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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JRSherman" data-source="post: 1392624" data-attributes="member: 13432">If that ever happens, that's gonna be one sexy girl. It's been awhile since that I read that stuff in the Navy Times, but it seems like I remember that stuff was going to take a good period of time to start happening, i.e. 15-25 years. Even with the Long Beach as a background study, the way our navy operates now is 200% different than then, so there will have to be theory tests, then design tests, operational tests, corrections to all those, etc etc etc that will happen before a core goes into the ship. Especially if they decide to deviate from a core design that they already use. I can't say what they will or won't use, but the core of a carrier is friggin huge, so I doubt that, and the core of a sub, either fast attack small or SSBN/GN medium probably won't fit the bill for where they want to take it. The SSBN displaces almost the same weight as the 14k ton cruiser, but probably won't do if they move to the 25k ton class.On top of all of this, you have to remember it will be a contract effected project, so GE, Westinghouse, Northrop Grumman, etc will have their hands twisting it all around to get what they want out of it too.</blockquote>