It's in service it was actually at Portsmouth UK a few weeks ago

The 800B is probably the total cost for all the planned Ford class carriers, not just one. Also includes the R&D cost and cost of maintenance for the life of the fleet. The cost you usually see on military stuff is like that. Its all just a guesstimation tho, its just a round about number. Or the 800B could be the cost of the ship + all aircraft/weapons on board.

@nesseihtgnay9419

Жыл бұрын

no its the entire US defense budget🤣

@cptmuska

Жыл бұрын

Yes!

I was an American service member stationed at an R.A.F base in England for two years. We had a massive amount of military hardware ready to not only protect our own interests, but those of our allies as well. This carrier will not only protect America, but also the United Kingdom and our other friends.

@ComeAlongKay

Жыл бұрын

Yes all of our Allie’s that treat us horribly and bad mouth us every chance they get.

@josephsmiley1

Жыл бұрын

@@ComeAlongKay The price of being the boss.

@scotthill1600

Жыл бұрын

@@ComeAlongKay it’s lonely at the top

The $800 billion figure is its entire operating budget for the next 50 years, including crew, etc. It cost slightly over $13 billion to design and build. No mention of Queen Elizabeth or Prince of Wales from GB? Also, a note about China: they have 3 carriers but the first one is not combat rated, and never will be. It is a retread of a Soviet designed Kusznetsov class, built by Ukraine, and the second one is iffy.

The creator of that video would benefit from a copy editor - so many errors.

The Gerald R Ford supercarrier is active, in service. The rest to eventually replace all 11 of our supercarriers will be staggered out over the next 20 years.

A decade to produce a single aircraft carrier is astonishingly fast. Another astonishing ship-building tid-bit: During World War II, eighteen American shipyards built 2,710 Liberty ships between 1941 and 1945 (an average of three ships every two days), easily the largest number of ships ever produced to a single design.

This new class of carriers are meant to defend our seas well into the 22nd century

@joedufour8188

Жыл бұрын

This is not true at all.

@lazyblazer

Жыл бұрын

@@joedufour8188 It is absolutely true. Designed as a continuously upgradable platform for many decades to come. Not unlike the Nimitz class, just more longevity.

Daz’s faces when dude narrating speaks French! 😂

I love the humility the narration exudes whilst telling about the ship...

The Russians only have one carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, and, it has been laid up, in drydock, for the last two years. Every time it put to sea, it had to be towed back to port by the tug that always had to accompany it.

@victorwaddell6530

Жыл бұрын

Admiral Kuznetkov has caught major fires twice . It's drydock sank and nearly sank the carrier . It's cranes left a huge hole in the flight deck . The Russian Navy should scrap her . But due to pride they will keep her registered as an active duty carrier to save face and claim that they have one carrier in their fleet .

@BTinSF

Жыл бұрын

It caught on fire again just last month.

@fluffylittlebear

Жыл бұрын

As expected. Russia is a 3rd world country.

@merakki

Жыл бұрын

@@BTinSF quit setting it on fire.

@BTinSF

Жыл бұрын

@@merakki I don't smoke. It's the Russians who smoke everywhere they shouldn't.

the narrator is great with the different foreign words lol

@charlie7mason

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking. He nailed pronunciations in multiple languages like it was nothing.

The Gerald R. Ford recently arrived in the UK, FYI

Leather seats and AC. Hahahahha 😅

The electromagnetic launch system on the Ford class was very difficult to develop. I have doubts the Chinese one is ready for service.

@russellgtyler8288

Жыл бұрын

The Chinese version won't be ready until they can get around to stealing the plans.

@lucasharvey8990

Жыл бұрын

Oh, it's not. The only carrier they do have is a rust bucket.

@MoosePuncher1993

Жыл бұрын

They don't care if it's ready, that's how China rolls. Their m.o. is to cut every corner possible, be as cheap as possible, and use the deaths of your own people for testing.

To what daz said at the beginning of the video, a similar ship was spotted near Hawaii last week or so. Believed to be a russian spy ship

i would not be surprised if America built a stealth drone carrier flying around the globe

@MoosePuncher1993

Жыл бұрын

Helicarriers? I say we need to really step it up on the rest of the world and just turn our whole country into one big Carrier. Picture it, China starts talking shit and then 2 days later America is parked next door with 100s of millions of armed citizens doggy paddling towards China's coast. I'm gonna send my idea to the Pentagon.

The carrier doesn't have vertical take-off F-35Bs. It has conventional F-35Cs, which have bigger wings.

Dont fret Dave, many of us noticed those bangin Oculars.

Ever since I visited the USS Intrepid, I've always been fascinated by these carriers and those massive cruise ships. Real floating cities.

we have 2 not 5 we've never had more than 2 at anyone time hms queen elizabeth and hms prince of walse the former been in dock for a drive shaft repair

The design and testing takes YEARS and THOUSANDS of people. My husband was part of the X47b UAV design/testing group. That project (the vehicle itself) was shelved. Not sure if any others are developing but that was my hubby’s baby.

How many do you need, Daz asked? Depends what you want to do. Aircraft carriers are needed to project power in places where you don't have airfields. In recent years, the UK has not really been projecting military power much beyond Europe and the Mediterranean basin. If it intends to support NATO on the region's northern and southern flanks, it might need one or, better, 2 carriers. If it intends to have any involvement in the Pacific in support of anglosphere countries like Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and so on, it might need a third.

@FourFish47

Жыл бұрын

The UK has 2 aircraft carriers now

He didn't even mention G B 2 new carriers which are top tier , They also have the F-35 .

If you ever visit South Carolina, they have a massive retired carrier that you can tour. It’s well worth it.

Most people in the comments are right it’s what it will cost to operate over its lifetime and the weapons on board air craft on board its just funny to me a guy that grew up with my father in the military how much people don’t realize what we actually have

Doomsday clock is set to 90 seconds close. Did anyone saw this 😁😁😁

@droyal18able

Жыл бұрын

Yes. It is meaningless.

@pratikdharanep.d.8938

Жыл бұрын

@@droyal18able no it's true

@fluffylittlebear

Жыл бұрын

@@pratikdharanep.d.8938 Yes it's true but also meaningless. It's arbitrary nonsense.

I think the editor of this video was having a stroke. The narration and captions are all over the place 😂

The Gerald Ford was last seen, a month ago (?) in your Portsmouth....took a while to dock....

So many errors its hard to know where to start.

The Gerald Ford was in Portsmouth for a few days in December on its way to Europe to support NATO. There are videos on KZread of it.

the Gerald R Ford ha already visited the UK. There's videos on KZread of people recording it

800 billion is the cost of all 10 carriers and the maintenance and refitting it’s going to have to do throughout its life. So yes a little click baity

@merakki

Жыл бұрын

Masterbaity

ONLY the USA & France have carriers that can launch conventional aircraft rather than the shorter range, smaller payload V/STOL aircraft Like Harriers.

@troythompson1768

Жыл бұрын

Not true. The Admiral Kuznetsov class carriers that are in the Russian and Chinese fleets were designed to launch Flankers. Albeit, the Admiral Kuznetsov class carriers do not carry very many aircraft. For fixed-wing aircraft, Russia's Admiral Kuznetsov carries 18 Su-33s and six MiG-29Ks, China's Liaoning carries 24 Shenyang J-15s, and China's Shandong carries 32 Shenyang J-15s; none of these are V/STOL.

@protonneutron9046

Жыл бұрын

@@troythompson1768 HAVE! NOT defunct. Learn English

@troythompson1768

Жыл бұрын

@@protonneutron9046 There is not a single "defunct" ship in the Kuznetsov class. Russia's Admiral Kuznetsov is undergoing refits and is slated to return to active service next year, and China's Liaoning and Shandong are both presently in active service.

Not really arming as much as it seems...it's just the all have vertical takeoff and landing so it's much easier to operate

Dave got clickbaited lol

The added cup holders put it over budget

Do a video of aircraft carriers vs amphibious assault ships.

$800 billion is the whole defense budget, not the aircraft carriers🤣 the $17 billion is the carrier

We pay to protect everyone... good buy health care...

Chinese ,carrier will run on rice wine or oil 🛢️ and in heavy winds the 1000 oars will come out of it's sides for more speed ?

It just visited the UK. LOL

In the event of World War III, the United States will do everything it can to assist in the defense of its NATO allies and its Major Non-NATO allies, but will likely have to prioritize taking Cuba off the map ahead of that, since Cuba could offer Russia and/or China a stepping stone from which to attack the US Gulf coast, and New Orleans is probably the key for any adversary to defeating the United States, due to its position being the location where the Mississippi River meets the Intracoastal Waterway and approaches the sea. The United States will probably need to give the highest priority during such a war to keeping enemy powers the hell out of the Gulf of Mexico.

Gen 6 no pilots right?

China has only 2 aircraft carriers and the newest they spoke of is still being outfitted. America has 12 with 2 more Gerald Ford class being built. There is no country with the budget to build more than 2 to 4 at most. Only the U.S. has the funding to build so many. The U.k. has 2 carriers. So China can try to match the U.S. in ships and aircraft but will never have the ability to out build the U.S.

Why the Marvel universe helicarrier in the thumbnail? That is a bit misleading since it has nothing to do with the carriers in the reaction. I enjoy your content and banter, please keep it coming.

That Russian warship is now heading towards our waters around the US

Each carrier is not $800 billion. The total research that went into it is $800 billion. The carriers themselves will be a lot cheaper to build than that number.

800B is the entire defense budget. We don't have a problem building weapons for war. We don't have any interest in giving Americans decent healthcare though. Tells you where our priorities are.

React to Marine Corps bootcamp !

Britain 🇬🇧 got two carriers

Russia and China show no sign In slowing down the development of their militaries, so it's good that NATO are keeping up. It definitely feels like we're slowly inching closer and closer to another global conflict that will pit the West vs the East, and for the sake of freedom and democracy, the West has to ensure it comes out on top

If it takes even 20 years for the next class of carriers they'll be fusion powered, not fission powered.

We need it because of those sneaky Brits! Don't think we haven't forgotten about 1775. You can have our fish and chips when you pry it from our cold dead hands! ;)

$800 Billion and no cup holders...sigh

6th gen fighter video!

So the French need the whole carrier to do what F-22 Raptor does right now without the aircraft carriers electronic systems for some reason that just tickles me

For $800 billion it better be a flying carrier

@Tattle-by-Tale

Жыл бұрын

It flies on the seas. It's surprisingly nimble for it's size.

Maybe I'm just being overly sensitive. But I've been watching this channel for a couple years now and I keep noticing that Dave takes every available opportunity to dig at the United States. Daz defends the US, Mike is usually neutral, but Dave doesn't appear to think much of the United States. That's just what I've noticed.

@FourFish47

Жыл бұрын

Hey, do you live in Colorado? 😁 Dave constantly praises the U.S. I don't know what you've been watching. Even if he didn't like the U.S. so what? Lots of foreigners don't like us

@danielmoore1232

Жыл бұрын

@FourFish47 I live in Ohio. On this video Daz says, "if we need advanced tech like that we'll just call up the US!" Dave says, "yeah that worked real well in WW2 when we fought for several years without them helping us." That's just this video. There have been several digs at the US by Dave in other videos. I'm seriously noticing a pattern. Dave always says something negative and Daz has to come back with an argument to Dave's comment.

@mypud4068

Жыл бұрын

@@danielmoore1232it’s just jokes man

@danielmoore1232

Жыл бұрын

@My Pud lol, if those comments are "just jokes" then Dave needs some SEVERE improvements on his material and his delivery.

Yeah there's it was there with all of its surface ships its escort ships Subs all in the UK like exactly like 3 weeks ago I think and the aircraft carrier took up the whole screen

Clickbait. UK (England) needs to get on board w the gun show. Investment is costly. Commitment means protection. ‘Money’ is only a means to an end.

Why in the hell would France invest any money in the military? Tradition says they give up in the first weeks

@Green.P3

Жыл бұрын

France has won the most wars in history

@RoobrtLiwanduski

Жыл бұрын

France was a top dog in ww1 and took alot of deaths, that's why they were so weak in ww2

@Joker-no1uh

Жыл бұрын

You seem to forget all the wars before ww2.. You can't base a countries military off one war that happened 80 years ago.. Historically speaking, France has always been a top-tier military force

@bleepbloop7039

Жыл бұрын

Im not sure if this is a joke or not as you cant tell tone through text, but when I see people write and say this stuff, it makes me realize the general lack of historical knowledge which creates fallacies, as the other gentleman pointed out, France's surrender nearly a century ago ignores all their other wars they've fought prior to this, if we were to hold this same misguided standard with other fallacies we could also make a mockery of america's exploits in vietnam

@BTinSF

Жыл бұрын

France has been a useful US ally against Islamist terrorism in its former colonial empire in Africa. I'm not sure if an aircraft carrier would ever have any value there, but control of the Mediterranean basin in the event of NATO direct involvement in a European war will be important. Also, the French proved the limitations of their military in Libya not so long ago. That war was largely a French/Italian adventure and they showed they couldn't do it with their own resources so they had to call to the US for help. A new, more capable carrier, might have made a difference.

$13 billion....

USA's F-16 is of no use😂😂😂😂😀😁

@seanconservativeburke

Жыл бұрын

That's a f -18 super hornet Ding dong , I'm a U.S. navy vet and we never used the f-16 weirdo . the f-16 is a air force aircraft and your completely wrong the f-16 has been upgraded with more powerful engines and electronics.

@droyal18able

Жыл бұрын

The f16 is the only jet not allowed to be sold. It has the most modern tech available. More than the f35

@garyyork1942

Жыл бұрын

The U.S can beat your military pratik.

@pratikdharanep.d.8938

Жыл бұрын

@@garyyork1942 goood joke need more jokes like this😉

@garyyork1942

Жыл бұрын

@@pratikdharanep.d.8938 Yeah we do. You're real funny.

For God's sake could you please stop yap'in your gums and Listen!?

That's a whole lot of F.A.F.O.........😘

have seen the carrier put a 60 mile per hour breeze across the deck in calm seas......with no wind....so 30 knots is a joke......

What’s up mates from across the pond? So the last bit of your video made me want to just say I was down in San Diego and took a tour of the USS Midway it’s an older carrier but man it’s amazing. Like you said it is still an Impressive , huge bit of kit ,and indescribable of how small you feel when on these type of carriers. So I can only imagine what being aboard a Gerald Ford class would feel like. 😮🫠

What a waste of money.

@donwon7592

Жыл бұрын

@@heywoodjablowme8120 alrighty. Lol.

@2ramona959

Жыл бұрын

@@donwon7592 War is Peace. At one time I thought Orwell's 1984 was fiction.

@merakki

Жыл бұрын

Let's all just smoke a bong..get along.

@donwon7592

Жыл бұрын

@@merakki no issue with that. Just the money could’ve been used on infrastructure etc. not another annual billions in an aircraft carrier. The border needs this more than the ocean.