For all armies in the world, every battleship or large ship is actually very expensive, so this will require a lot of money to be maintained and maintained every year, of course, with a lot of financial support , The service life of warships and ships is relatively long, so if it can be successfully completed, it is naturally the best and the most cost-effective. However, a quasi-aircraft carrier of the US military was burned not long ago and it still cannot be repaired. Kind of.
According to a report on the U.S. Naval Research Institute website on November 30, after months of investigation, the U.S. Navy decided to scrap the amphibious assault ship "Good Man Richard" that was burned down before, because it was too expensive to repair. It is better to just rebuild one. According to relevant experts, it will cost 2.5 billion to 3.2 billion U.S. dollars to fully repair this warship. The main reason why
is so expensive is that there were too many things burned in the fire on July 12, like the internal multi-layer deck, ship islands, masts, flight decks and other facilities did not survive. Therefore, if the repair is to be carried out in a comprehensive way, the money spent is more expensive than the new construction. Of course, they still have other options.
For example, transforming it into a new functional ship, such as a submarine supply ship or a medical ship, etc., but according to the analysis of Major General Hager of the United States, if it is to be transformed into another ship, it will cost at least one billion. US dollars, and the time spent will not be less than repairing the ship, it will take about 5-7 years, so in comparison, it is better to choose to scrap it.
We must know that although the United States has strong financial resources, it has always owed a lot of debts. Therefore, in such matters, it will undoubtedly choose a cheaper plan to scrap it, but in fact, scrapping does not stop at Just throw it somewhere, and the ship needs to be completely scrapped.
According to their statistics, it would cost about 36 million U.S. dollars to scrap the "Good Man Richard", which is undoubtedly much cheaper than the previous price of one billion U.S. dollars, and the time is also shortened. There are many, it only takes 9-12 months to complete the scrap processing, which can be said to be relatively fast.
But in fact, the damage caused by this fire to the US military is not only a financial loss, but also a blow to the entire US Navy. At that time, the "Good Man Richard" was already deploying F-35B. The aircraft has been upgraded, so if there is no such fire, it will undoubtedly be a new aircraft carrier, but now it can only be retired and scrapped. I have to say that God is not helping the United States!
