The us army should be the strongest in U.S. history. This task was set by Donald trump. Speaking in Virginia to the sailors of the new aircraft carrier “Gerald Ford”, the President said that the country needs large-scale modernization of the naval forces. This is reported by RIA Novosti.
Now the us Navy has the smallest number since the First world war. But in the near future, manpower will greatly increase. According to trump, America needs another 12 aircraft carriers like “Gerald Ford”.
It is worth noting that the ship entered service a few months ago. This is the most expensive ship in history. He is worth 13 billion dollars. On Board there are 2 nuclear reactor, and crew size is about 5 thousand people.
The group consists of 75 aircraft, helicopters and drones are capable of up to 160 sorties a day.
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