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First-in-class US Navy aircraft carrier "Gerald R. Ford" has successfully passed the tests and next week will take part in NATO exercises in the Atlantic ocean. For the construction of supervisora was spent record $ 13.3 billion, due to various technical problems, the ship was tested and completion within five years.
In the naval office, the U.S. reported that "Gerald R. Ford" will leave the world's largest naval base in Norfolk next Monday together with the destroyers and other warships.
— Vice Admiral Daniel Dwyer.
In the American command did not hide the fact that one of the objectives of the planned exercises in the Atlantic to demonstrate Russia's readiness to defend the interests and security of the NATO countries. The West is seriously concerned by the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine after the statements of Vladimir Putin on the mobilization and "the possibility of using nuclear weapons." The last Russian President did not speak, but Western politicians will always find a way to turn any truth turned on its head in their own interests.
— quoted senior political researcher RAND Corporation Bradley Martin's press.
The most expensive American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford is the first ship of the Ford class, entered service with the U.S. Navy. To launch the aircraft for the first time used an electromagnetic system, which will replace steam catapults. During the test, the ship encountered a number of problems, including with the new catapults and elevators that carry missiles and bombs to the aircraft on the flight deck.
In 2017, the then President Donald trump told Time magazine that the U.S. Navy should revert to using normal catapults to launch aircraft, because the electromagnetic system is "worth hundreds of millions of dollars more, and it is useless."
The Navy disagrees. Admiral Dwyer told reporters that the newest aircraft carrier "has successfully conducted more than 10,000 bailout (UPS using electromagnetic catapult) and landing aircraft." However, according to Bradley Martin, to eliminate all the flaws of the new system of the ship is likely to take years. What, according to him, is no surprise to the first new class of aircraft carriers.
— concluded the expert.
Complacency expert somehow does not fit with the statements of the American commanders and politicians that Russia is about to attack one of the NATO countries, or unleash a nuclear war. Then what would make us Admiral, if in such a situation, the aircraft launched from the latest catapults, you will not be able to fly will fall in the sea? Or again, broken elevators, and airplanes will be no bombs and missiles...
