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Very, very nice.

right there in Guam

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I count 54 aircraft and helos on deck

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Five AEGIS DDGs and one AEGS CG right there...care takers of that carrier.
 

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USS Benfold (DDG 65), USS Germantown (LSD 42) and USS Green Bay (LPD 20) transit the Philippine Sea in formation during Valiant Shield 2016. (U.S. Navy/MC2 Andrew Schneider)
 

bd popeye

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Carriers have been visiting Apra Harbor Guam for sometime. In fact USS Midway(CVA 41) visited there in May of 1975 to off load Vietnamese evacuees and recovered RVN aircraft. Midway anchored out in Guam.
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Apra Harbor, Guam (May 27, 2003) -- The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) pier side in Apra Harbor, Guam. Vinson is resurfacing a significant portion of the flight deck through the locally contracted shipyard. The normal lifetime of the nonskid surface is 10,000 arrested landings and a normal cruise sees 9,000 to 10,000 traps. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group has been extended on deployment in the Western Pacific while, Kitty Hawk is conducting scheduled maintenance at her forward-deployed operating location in Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo. (RELEASED)
 

bd popeye

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Very, very nice.

right there in Guam

COfFxDb.jpg


I count 54 aircraft and helos on deck

ig09cQ5.jpg


Five AEGIS DDGs and one AEGS CG right there...care takers of that carrier.

The Seventh Fleet could be if needed supplement the Reagan Strike group with a total of;

3 SSNs
2 Ticonderoga class CGs
7 Arleigh Burke DDGs
1 Command ship

all this is stationed in Yokosuka or Guam.
 

FORBIN

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The Seventh Fleet could be if needed supplement the Reagan Strike group with a total of;

3 SSNs
2 Ticonderoga class CGs
7 Arleigh Burke DDGs
1 Command ship

all this is stationed in Yokosuka or Guam.
Allow me Popeye but you have number of 2014, now 3 CG, 8 DDG + 1 in 2017 and 4 SSNs with it you can do 2 TF.
 

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Naval Today said:
A U.S. Navy Ohio class ballistic missile submarine from Submarine Group 10, which has not been named, launched three Trident II D5 missiles completing a Follow-on Commander’s Evaluation Test (FCET).

This test (FCET) is undertaken to obtain, under operationally representative conditions, valid reliability, accuracy, and performance of the missile system for use by Commander, Strategic Command and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The last one was designated FCET-52 and spanned a three-day period. The operation marked the 158th, 159th, and 160th successful test flights of the Trident II D5 missile.

The U.S. Navy said the safety of the public was of highest importance throughout the mission. Missiles were therefore unarmed and all launches were conducted from the sea and landed in the sea.

The Trident II D5 is the latest generation of the U.S. Navy’s submarine-launched fleet ballistic missiles, following the highly successful Polaris, Poseidon, and Trident I C4 programs, as Lockheed Martin, the American defence company that produces the missiles, explains.

First deployed in 1990, the Trident II D5 missile is currently aboard Ohio-class and British Vanguard-class submarines.

Simply awesome.

...and note, these are the 158th, 159th, and 160th test launches of a missile we know a lot about, and have a HUGE and long record with.

Just goes to show, even then, how critical live fire testing of these systems is.

For those who think a system like the DF-21D could be seriously deployed and relied upon to defend a nation without such testing...well, having been involved in the design of larger naval systems, and missiles systems like THAAD, it is just a ludicrous.notion.

The Chinese have a DF-21D program. And they certainly have some missiles deployed. But they have never carried out such a full-up, live test against targets at sea.

Such testing is absolutely critical, as the US shows itself with continued testing of even very mature systems.

If you want to depend on them...and rely upon them to do the job...you test them in as close to the actual environment as you can devise.

BTW, this particular night time launch picture is simply awesome.
 

bd popeye

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Allow me Popeye but you have number of 2014, now 3 CG, 8 DDG + 1 in 2017 and 4 SSNs with it you can do 2 TF.

I stand corrected! Thank you.

This my friends is a lot of firepower..

Seventh Fleet ships assigned to Yokosuka;

Command Ship
Aircraft Carrier
Cruisers
Destroyers
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Seventh Fleet SSNs assigned to Guam;
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