Ep 034 “CG Excursions: Deep Six the Carrier Force: Naval Power in the 21st Century”

by | Jan 22, 2024

Ep 034 “CG Excursions: Deep Six the Carrier Force: Naval Power in the 21st Century”

by | Jan 22, 2024

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Episode Notes

The aircraft carrier has been a signature component of US naval power and prestige for more than a century. The utility has continued to diminish since the end of WWII. The tremendous disadvantage of putting so much manpower and treasure into these single use leviathan systems in the modern world of distributed missile and PGM systems, emerging near-peer & peer adversaries and concentration of power in vulnerable systems is a recipe for future disaster.

Jeff Vandenengel Questioning the Carrier: Opportunities in Fleet Design for the U.S. Navy

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Bill Buppert

Bill Buppert is the host of Chasing Ghosts: An Irregular Warfare Podcast and a contributor over time to various liberty endeavors. He served in the military for nearly a quarter century and contractor tours after retirement on occasion and was a combat tourist in a number of neo-imperialist shit-pits around the world.

He can be found on twitter at @wbuppert and reached via email at cgpodcast@pm.me.

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