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Originally Posted by HostedinVegas
Our carriers have three Hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are Nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to Shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to Feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand Gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a Dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; that are all over this world during peace time and natural disasters helping the many that can't help themselves.
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I'm a huge fan of aircraft carriers. (Not an expert, just a fan.) Aircraft carriers are amazing. It's everything all in one - can power a city, fight a war, mobile hospital, etc etc....
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Originally Posted by camperjohn64
No no, I meant that those countries only have 1 or 2 carriers each. US is the only country that has 11 carriers
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Yeah, that's right...
But... I think we should also include Amphibious Assault Ships - of which the US has nine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibious_assault_ship
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Originally Posted by Anthony
Thailand's Carrier next too the Kittyhawk...
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Stagger difference huh?
When we compare the numbers of air craft carriers we need to remember that some are huge, and some are small.
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Originally Posted by HostedinVegas
$1 million per day, ok how much does 3 hospitals cost to run a day, what about one power plan, and a fresh water planet, an office building, some cafe's?
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200 hospitals in the US can't do in Haiti what one Air Craft Carrier does. Meaning, if we need to support another country for two months after a disaster, the only thing that can do it is an aircraft carrier.