Nimitz Super Carrier - #1 Weapon That Changed The World

Video Title :	Nimitz Super Carrier - #1 Weapon That Changed The World
Description :	From the Military Channel Weaponology - 10 Weapons that Changed the World #1 - The Nimitz Super Class Aircraft Carrier General characteristics * Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia * Power Plant: Two A4W reactors, four shafts * Length: 333 m (1092 ft) overall * Flight Deck Width: 76.8 - 78.4 m (252 - 257 ft 5 in) * Beam: 41 m (134 ft) * Displacement: 98,235 - 104,112 tons full load * Speed: 30+ knots (56+ km/h) * Aircraft: 85 (current wings are closer to 64, including 48 tactical and 16 support aircraft) o Intended to operate aircraft currently including the F/A-18 Hornet, EA-6B Prowler, E-2 Hawkeye, C-2 Greyhound, SH/HH-60 Seahawk, and S-3 Viking for many missions including self defense, land attack and maritime strike. * Cost: about US$4.5 billion each * Average Annual Operating Cost: US$160 million * Service Life: 50+ years * Crew: Ship's Company: 3,200 — Air Wing: 2,480 * Armament: o NATO Sea Sparrow launchers: three or four (depending on modification) o 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts: Three on Nimitz and Dwight D. Eisenhower and four on Carl Vinson and later ships of the class, except Theodore Roosevelt and George Washington which have three. (USS Ronald Reagan has none, initially outfitted with Rolling Airframe Missile system during construction) o RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile: Two on Nimitz, George Washington and Ronald Reagan, will be retrofitted to other ships as they return for RCOH. * Date Deployed: May 3, 1975 (Nimitz)
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does someone know if they actually have fast food outlets on board or is that just a rumour

but you can't do as much with a nuke as you can with a carrier because most situations are mostly too small of a concern to be using nukes. the aircraft carriers are very very flexible in their capability.

can you imagine if it sunk???

Maybe one day Mexico or some other latin american country will build an aircraft carrier. Maybe.... ahh... forget about it.

Unlike the Shinano, super carriers arent just a solitary ship, they are part of the entire carrier battle group. This battle group includes a Los-Angeles Class attack submarine as well no to mention a few destroyers.

the problem is that the Nimitz can carry those nuclear bombs your talking about

and it can do just about anything else in the spectrum. its way more flexible and effective all around than just a nuke.

Now, wouldn't it be a shame it one of them just suddenly went down?

Now wouldn't it be a shame if it blew up your country?

omg i cant tell if ur being racist lol