USS Gerald Ford damaged but not sunk after suspicious fire
The $13 billion aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford has suffered a suspicious fire in its laundry. Accident or covert attack? An economic and military analysis.
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USS Gerald Ford: $13 billion in flames and a suspicious laundry
The most expensive aircraft carrier in history, the USS Gerald Ford, which cost $13 billion, suffered a fire in its laundry that left two injured and forced 600 sailors to evacuate for 30 hours. The Pentagon calls it a "minor incident", but the numbers and the context suggest something more serious.
An exorbitant price tag for a recurring problem
The Ford's $13 billion exceeds the GDP of half a dozen countries. In Spain, that figure would be enough to build a flotilla of aircraft carriers, as has been pointed out. While the Pentagon downplays it, the opportunity cost of having such an expensive ship immobilized by a "laundry fire" is enormous.
The laundry metaphor: image laundering or real damage?
The choice of location for the fire is no accident: laundry suggests "washing dirty linen". Critics see here a smokescreen to conceal possible missile strikes or sabotage. There are no images of the incident, and the official silence fuels the doubts.
Cheap drones vs. nuclear colossus: the new asymmetric threat
A swarm of drones costing €20,000 each can saturate the Ford's defenses, just as the Swordfish biplanes doomed the battleships at Taranto (1940). The question is when the first real sinking of an aircraft carrier by this route will occur.
The question left hanging: how many of these "accidents" conceal real impacts? Meanwhile, the Ford remains afloat, but its fruta, like its deck, is burning.
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The most expensive aircraft carrier in history, the USS Gerald Ford, which cost $13 billion, suffered a fire in its laundry that left two injured and forced 600 sailors to evacuate for 30 hours. The Pentagon calls it a "minor incident", but the numbers and the context suggest something more serious.
An exorbitant price tag for a recurring problem
The Ford's $13 billion exceeds the GDP of half a dozen countries. In Spain, that figure would be enough to build a flotilla of aircraft carriers, as has been pointed out. While the Pentagon downplays it, the opportunity cost of having such an expensive ship immobilized by a "laundry fire" is enormous.
The laundry metaphor: image laundering or real damage?
The choice of location for the fire is no accident: laundry suggests "washing dirty linen". Critics see here a smokescreen to conceal possible missile strikes or sabotage. There are no images of the incident, and the official silence fuels the doubts.
Cheap drones vs. nuclear colossus: the new asymmetric threat
A swarm of drones costing €20,000 each can saturate the Ford's defenses, just as the Swordfish biplanes doomed the battleships at Taranto (1940). The question is when the first real sinking of an aircraft carrier by this route will occur.
The question left hanging: how many of these "accidents" conceal real impacts? Meanwhile, the Ford remains afloat, but its fruta, like its deck, is burning.
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