According to a report on the Politico website of the US current affairs news website on April 7, according to three informed defense officials, two crew members belonging to the USS Nimitz tested positive for the virus. Among the two crew members confirmed, one crew member was previously on duty on the Nimitz and was a crew member. Another crew member also belongs to the Nimitz aircraft carrier.
So far, all aircraft carriers deployed by the US military in the Pacific Fleet have confirmed cases. The four aircraft carriers are the "Reagan", "Roosevelt", "Nimitz" and the "Carl Vinson" aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy Third Fleet Spokesperson and Lieutenant Colonel John Fudge said: "Due to operational safety considerations, U.S. Pacific Fleet regulations do not allow discussions on future exercises, operations, or ship movements." The New York Times stated, Although the US Navy has 11 aircraft carriers. But only 1/3 of these aircraft carriers can be deployed at any time; another 1/3 are preparing for 6 to 8 months of sea voyage, and the last 1/3 are performing maintenance work. In other words, there are generally only 3-4 aircraft carriers that the U.S. military can deploy. Now 4 aircraft have been poisoned at once. Now the U.S. military has no aircraft carriers that can be deployed at sea except for the Truman aircraft carrier and the Eisenhower aircraft carrier.
not only affected the deployment of the US military, but also delayed maintenance work. The British "Daily Mail" concluded that there are now 11 aircraft carriers in the United States, and 9 of them are all in the nest.
This is also the first time that the US military has no aircraft carrier activity in the Pacific in 93 years since the Lexington-class aircraft carrier entered service in 1928. All four aircraft carriers of the US Navy's 3rd and 7th Fleet were infected with the virus and paralyzed. The only aircraft carrier not infected with the virus in the Pacific is the USS Lincoln. The US Navy deployed the USS Lincoln on the West Coast. This aircraft carrier has just returned to Bremer Naval Base for rest and rehabilitation after 295 days of long-term deployment at the beginning of 2020, and is unable to conduct any operations at all. Z1z
, the retired commander of the US Seventh Fleet, Claude told the New York Times. Now, the most worrying thing for the US military is that Russia gets a signal from it and sees it as an opportunity to take advantage of it.
However, the US military will use this opportunity to speed up aircraft carrier modification. The US military has completed the 14-month renovation of the USS Carl Vinson. The first is to replace all carrier-based aircraft with F-35C stealth fighters, and to update the engine system, new computer and communication command system across the United States.
and the Ford aircraft carrier is also equipped with F-35 stealth fighters in the Atlantic for intense training. The US military now has a large number of aircraft carriers lying down, which is equivalent to a relatively long adjustment rest period, just in time for all aircraft carriers to be rotated and transformed to carry F-35C stealth fighters. In this way, it is difficult for the US military to deploy a large aircraft carrier in the Pacific this year.
is currently active with two aircraft carriers that can perform missions. Although the Truman carrier has been deployed to the Pacific, the Truman carrier has been deployed forward for more than seven months, and it is time for rest.
The situation is even worse in the United Kingdom, the hard-core ally of the United States. The British Air Force has transformed two bomber hangars into morgues, a huge morgue that can hold 5,400 corpses. It is true that there are not many square cabin hospitals, and the morgues are built on a larger scale than each. Whether the United States or the United Kingdom, the current military strength is a downward trend.
