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Nimitz Super Carrier - #1 Weapon That Changed The World



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From the Military Channel Weaponology - 10 Weapons that Changed the World
#1 - The Nimitz Super Class Aircraft Carrier
General characteristics
* Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia
* Power Plant: Two A4W reactors, four shafts
* Length: 333 m (1092 ft) overall
* Flight Deck Width: 76.8 - 78.4 m (252 - 257 ft 5 in)
* Beam: 41 m (134 ft)
* Displacement: 98,235 - 104,112 tons full load
* Speed: 30+ knots (56+ km/h)
* Aircraft: 85 (current wings are closer to 64, including 48 tactical and 16 support aircraft)
o Intended to operate aircraft currently including the F/A-18 Hornet, EA-6B Prowler, E-2 Hawkeye, C-2 Greyhound, SH/HH-60 Seahawk, and S-3 Viking for many missions including self defense, land attack and maritime strike.
* Cost: about US$4.5 billion each
* Average Annual Operating Cost: US$160 million
* Service Life: 50+ years
* Crew: Ship's Company: 3,200 — Air Wing: 2,480
* Armament:
o NATO Sea Sparrow launchers: three or four (depending on modification)
o 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts: Three on Nimitz and Dwight D. Eisenhower and four on Carl Vinson and later ships of the class, except Theodore Roosevelt and George Washington which have three. (USS Ronald Reagan has none, initially outfitted with Rolling Airframe Missile system during construction) o RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile: Two on Nimitz, George Washington and Ronald Reagan, will be retrofitted to other ships as they return for RCOH.
* Date Deployed: May 3, 1975 (Nimitz)


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yeah but i heard ... ( 3 months ago by eviltwin777)
yeah but i heard there is always up to two destroyers that guard it u could see two in sum of the pics
omg usa got 9 of ... ( 3 months ago by patsyd80)
omg usa got 9 of these pupys? uk defence buget could not get us one. well maybe 1 but nothing else. lucky we got best trident nuke subs.
you do realize that ... ( 2 months ago by lerkerofthenight)
you do realize that all carriers have a fleet of destroyers, cruisers and subs to protect it right? No Nimitz travels alone.
9 of these? We have ... ( 2 months ago by iwatchmassvideo)
9 of these? We have 2 more in making and 1 carrier class that is double the size of this. I would hate to be the enemy when fighting just one of these fleets.
yes mate im proud ... ( 2 months ago by patsyd80)
yes mate im proud to call the usa our friend. and as i say i uk nuke sub with trident is enough to turn half of russia in to a hole in the ground. we have new super carriers on the way too very good but not as good as the u.s carriers or as big i would have thought but good enough none the less.
"The US promotes ... ( 2 months ago by danieleriskay)
"The US promotes war so much though.."
I'm not sure what you mean. The period in human history in which the united states has been the dominant power has been the most peaceful stretch of time in recorded world history.
Can't wait until ... ( 2 months ago by leonleonceur)
Can't wait until 2015 when we get a super carrier, second biggest in the world (after this :( but bigger than france's!)
The US plans 12, ... ( 2 months ago by ltcurry)
The US plans 12, then will mopve on to the next bigger and badder class. There is the CV-76 reagan, and, brain fart, i can not remember the next 2 of hand and planed in 2012. Then on to even better things. God bless the USA. The Obama class with be a rowboat!!
The Us promotes ... ( 2 months ago by ltcurry)
The Us promotes defense of her allies, not war!!!. freedomis not free, and unfortunately the US might just elect its fereedoms away thru a Liberal revolution. Liberal idiots who think the US is the cause of other countries conflicts, and wrong on every issue, as in Borack Obama. Its a scary prospect fro the wold loosing the American Support ehy recieve by ignorant media and the resources to manipulate an election.
I guess you aint ... ( 2 months ago by BRITISHNINJA2007)
I guess you aint heard the story of a Swedish sub taking pictures of the bottom of USS Kittyhawk.
What were the other ... ( 2 months ago by ashc241185)
What were the other weapons that changed the world?
The US promotes ... ( 2 months ago by lerkerofthenight)
The US promotes peace and fights those who tries to disrupt the peace. We give peace to those that want it and take it from those that do not want it.
So if you want to be peaceful, then you will have it.
The US does not go out looking for a fight unless if you are trying to disrupt that peace.
I've repeated what I said several times, hopefully you go the message.
I don't think so. ... ( 2 months ago by juandi2570)
I don't think so. China is far away from challegin' america. Keep dreamin' hhahahaha.
You seem not ... ( 2 months ago by juandi2570)
You seem not understand that China has Huge internal problems on the inside. Gotta be difficult for em to be a super power having that much poverty and inequalities. I don't think China will ever exceed the states. You must be british.
the tell tale sign ... ( 2 months ago by ycats1000)
the tell tale sign a communist power is coming to a crash is the massive growth rate in it's economy-
they always get huge early growth far in excess of any free market democracy, but
that growth soon becomes unmanagable by central govt and a huge slow down begins...
india will eventually overtake china if they play their cards right and tackle poverty-
Remember the west ... ( 1 month ago by rascasse1)
Remember the west are the people who put the money in to China,(ok I know we borrow from them) if they step out of line too much ? it will get moved over time to another country to make are stuff. And the US wont be standing still while China moves on in military terms
Merci
That's true! The US ... ( 1 month ago by luckbamboo)
That's true! The US killed all the people in a country to make this country peace. The US also killed millions of people in order to SAVE them. Save them to where? Heaven?
Fuck china ha ha ... ( 2 weeks ago by staffsgtamous)
Fuck china ha ha haaa.
Western companies, ... ( 5 days ago by CoolDojo9000)
Western companies, Eastern companies invested in China. For manufacturing, captial tends to move toward said country or region where the goods can be manufactured for least cost. Americans and others consume Chinese made goods. Two way trade. China holds about 2 trillion in USD. You can thanks the Chinese and Japanese for holding onto US debt. Fact is, China is more capitalist than the US.
LOL. If the US ... ( 5 days ago by CoolDojo9000)
LOL. If the US wanted to destroy any country, it could. Fortunately that ain't the case. Rome is pretty conservative compared to other Empires of the past.
OMG i call bullshit ... ( 5 days ago by spincrib)
OMG i call bullshit. The no1 weapon that changed the world is probbably the rifle not a modern supercarrier that hasn't even seen a tough battle
wtf is up with this ... ( 5 days ago by spincrib)
wtf is up with this guys voice, it has to be the most cheesiest tough guy voice ive heard in a long time
not as far as you ... ( 5 days ago by spincrib)
not as far as you might think, remeber the korean war.
How are nuclear ... ( 23 hours ago by TranswarpXL)
How are nuclear bombs not the number one weapon that changed the world?



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