Because the United States has the most in the world, which is only 12. So I would assume it costs billions of dollars, does it?
2007-02-10 23:51:46 · 9 answers · asked by D.O... 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
A stupid amount of money: "CVN-21 is the Navy's next planned aircraft carrier. Congress has been providing advance procurement funding for the ship since FY2001. The Navy's FY2006 budget submission requests $565 million in FY2006 advance procurement funding for the ship and defers its procurement by one year, to FY2008. The Navy estimates that CVN-21 would cost about $3.2 billion to develop and about $10.5 billion to procure, for a total estimated acquisition cost of about $13.7 billion. This report will be updated as events warrant. "
Marines with M-16s are cheaper and are more effective in the GWOT.
Semper Fi
2007-02-11 02:49:41 · answer #1 · answered by faceman888 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When Reagan was president, we had a lot more than 12! We had over 1000 blue-water vessels, and there are only about 15 in a carrier battle group.
Anyway, the cost is substantial, since you don't just build the ship. You have to build all the planes for it, too, otherwise what good is it?
(Just for information, we also have the "gator freighters", Navy vessels that carry Marine aircraft instead of the regular fighters and prowlers.)
2007-02-10 23:56:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
if the aircraft carrier your are talking about is the nimitz class. it costs not just a billion, but 4.5 billion US dollar. SO, 12 X 4.5 billion = 54 billion US$
2007-02-10 23:58:21 · answer #3 · answered by skynet 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I started one in my back yard several years ago. Yes, it is very expensive. More then I thought. I am worried as to how much the airplanes that go with it will cost. Then there is the problem of getting it to the lake. That is something I didn't figure on...I mean how do you ger an 1,100' boat down the street??.
Then I will need about 4,000 friends to run it and they will have to be fed..
Too many problems. Yes it does cost billions.
2007-02-11 00:00:20 · answer #4 · answered by jimmiv 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's not cheap!
But worth every penny!
2007-02-10 23:58:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
about 200 million ... they ain't cheap
2007-02-10 23:54:44 · answer #6 · answered by scrapy626_420 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
VERY expensive.
2007-02-10 23:53:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
THat it does
2007-02-11 00:34:24 · answer #8 · answered by DewBerry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.navy.com/about/shipsequipment/aircraftcarriers/?campaign=pds_GOOGLE_aircraft_carrier_TXT_GOOGLE_aircraft_carrier
2007-02-10 23:55:43 · answer #9 · answered by Texan 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋