America’s Aircraft Carrier Nightmare Is Just Getting Started

I Have Our Next Cruiser, If You're Smart Enough To Take it - Armed Forces Press

The easy answer is often the best answer Commander Salamander Substack On Monday, the Congressional Research Service came out with its latest, Navy DDG(X) Next-Generation Destroyer Program: Background and Issues for Congress. This is worth your time, as we need to get this right. We have to get this right because we have yet to cut steel on a successfully designed surface warship since Ronaldus Magnus was CINC. The same organizations, processes—…

America’s Aircraft Carrier Nightmare Is Just Getting Started

Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy is facing a looming aircraft carrier crisis, with a newly announced two-year delay for the USS John F. Kennedy pushing its delivery to March 2027. This setback, coupled with the scheduled 2026 retirement of the USS Nimitz, will leave the fleet with only 10 carriers for a year. This “carrier deficit” comes at a perilous time, as the Navy struggles to deter multiplying global threats from China, Russia, and I…