Nimitz Class vs Gerald R Ford Class - How Do The Aircraft Carriers Compare? 

how did america get so op?

basically one is are really big boat and one is a REALLY big boat

Just realized I live like 20 minutes away from this beauty!

0:13 I'm pretty sure airplanes during World War 2 didn't try to land on FREAKING BATTLESHIPS!! Well... maybe the Japanese did

Top speed 30 knots? My ass... That's all the Navy will admit to... They will go a helluva lot faster

The Reason why the super powers needs Carriers is to deliver force beyond your borders, to ensure you always stay at the top. Also to secure that wars will never reach your homeland, keeping wars away as much as possible

U.S. Navy. Keeping the Oceans safe for trade since 1945. Great job.

It really bothers me when I see people in the comments say, "oh, that 13 billion could have gone to the homeless".

Great work with the nuclear reactor. Congratulations to whoever designed it.

do the British Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier Vs the Nimitz class or the Gerard R Ford

I saw a Nimitz class In-person and i felt blessed to have seen it, the size is literally was unimaginable.

Nimitz class still home F-14 Tomcats? I could swear this bird has been retired and decommissioned.

I've been on a Nimitz the Stennis it's honestly not that bad except I was sleeping about 4 feet below the rear flight deck And the arresting gear and catapult seemed extremely effective watching a massive F-18 Come to a complete stop in such a short distance is crazy

I was stationed on the Nimitz with RVAH-6 in 1976 and although working as a plane captain on the flight deck was dangerous and extremely laborious, I wouldn't change that experience for anything. I consider it an honor to have serve our nation on what was then the newest carrier in the fleet and is now the oldest.

Yes, I was waiting for this video! ~ Thanks

I live about 30 miles from Virginia beach and every time we go we cross a tunnel then long bridge in the water are huge warships and aircraft carries being built

Steam catapult is so outdated yet Russia and China can't even have one

Great video, as usual!!! Have a nice day!!!

Great vid!! A lot of info in a short vid! I love the both carriers!!

I was stationed on an aircraft carrier. The 'public' speed listed for Navy ships always seems to be about 30 knots. I won't tell you how fast it will go, but it is much faster than 30 knots. When a carrier starts going flank speed it almost looks like a tsunami is coming out of the back.

Do Cailfornia vs Texas I want to see the Military

Carriers too op, please nerf.

Thanks for posting this video!!!

On the cost... the cost of the 'one ship' is actually the cost of a whole new CLASS, not just a new ship, never mind comparing the cost to the last ship built of the previous class.

Was stationed on the Nimitz for year, pretty cool video!

been on 1 of these monsters. my father was in the Navy. in charge of the sailors running it's reactor. these ships very humbling.

your videos are so good keep up the quality

thanks love the vid

The jets are supposed to land at the back of carriers. The animation did it wrong.

Less people on board, more computer power? When the Cylons attack you're fucked!

Your animation got better than ever!

*USS Birmingham with the Rising Sun in the background* Makes sense

MAKE DASSAULT RAFALE VS EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON!!!!!!!!!

Whatever is your opinion in US's warmongering, you can not deny, that this is one of the most beautiful machines ever made.

Nice video 👍👍

Info graphic king!

There are more than a few errors in this video. For example the USS Ford has the dual-band radar (DBR) system consisting of the X band AN/SPY-3 multifunction radar with the AN/SPY-4 S band Volume Search Radar (VSR) emitters. They are sensors not electronic warfare systems. Both the Nimitz class and the USS Ford will be equipped with AN/SLQ-32(v)4 electronic warfare system. The Nimitz Class has SPS-48E, SPS-49(V)5 and the SPQ-9B radars fused into a single picture that is integrated with the Shipboard Self Defense System and the Cooperative Engagement System.You copied from Wikipedia that the Nimitz class is armed with "16-24 RIM 7 missiles." What they actually have is three or four NATO RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile launchers each carrying 8 missiles. The Ford carries initially 2 x RIM-162 ESSM launchers (Mk 29 launcher), 2 x RIM-116 RAM launchers (Mk 144 launcher 42 missiles) & 2 x PHALANX 20mm Close In Weapon Systems (CIWS) (not four). The Ford one day may have laser defensive weapons as may the Nimitz's. Some of the Nimitz Class ships have the Surface Ship Torpedo Defense System (SSTDS) as presumably does the Ford. Both ships have various thickness the high-strength low-alloy steel (HSLA-100) amour and some Nimitz has additional Kevlar as does the Ford.The Ford and Nimitz Class will essentially carry the same type aircraft at the same time. The Nimitz quoted rate is one aircraft launched every 20 seconds,. The Ford is said to be able to launch aircraft faster and for a more sustained time.The French only have one aircraft carrier and it does indeed have steam catapults. You'd think you'd show some pictures of the other aircraft carriers as you discussed them. The Russians do have a super carrier as do the Chinese (an old converted Russian carrier).This video reminds me of someone that read the Wikipedia article and nothing more.

I'm looking forward to the new enterprise cvn-80 frankly, CVN65 was just decommisioned and was longer than the ford, faster (It was able to out run the escort ships) , ran on 8 reactors (though it didn't need them) and it seems to make sense to hold back on on some advancements to keep with tradition of having the most advanced toys on a recurring namesake like the enterprise.

The amount of varying types of aircraft we have in such large numbers is incredible

You need to get more subs with ur amazing art

The Nimitz went way over budget as well when she was developed. The Nimitz had many major technological advancements over the Enterprise (CVN 65) and the previous class of carrier which included the Kitty Hawk and the Kennedy. (CV63 and CV67). These overruns allowed us to be able to produce a much better carrier in future models (CVN69 and up) and with each carrier built we were able to refine the design a bit more every time. I have served onboard 2 of the carriers and sailed 3 all together and there were differences in each one. All 3 were also sequential (CVN73, 74, 75) but improvements were made to each one. If I were a guessing man here I would say we are going to see a similar evolution with the Ford Class. BTW there will be at least 3 in the class as of right now. The Ford has been running sea trials, The Kennedy and Enterprise (CVN 79 and 80 respectively) have been awarded and the Kennedy is about 50% complete.

The Ford class will be supreme and unmatched.

Nice!

Well, this video CARRIED me along, please don't kill me...

Your typical american citizen: "Yeah, I think an aircraft carrier is what we were missing all along,"

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So basically: This is a ship the size the weight of a skyscraper, with so much armor the US government had to classify it(at least 8 inches, could be all the way up to 12 AND, 2 and a half extra inches of Kevlar over vital spaces), it has a nuclear reactor so strong it generates the same energy as 1/2 a lighting bolt constantly, it has the most modern radar of any aircraft carrier, it can carry up to 75 F-35s(bruh) and it uses f*cking magnetic fields to boost the fighter jet's takeoffs. And you’d think a ship the size of 3 blocks and 100.000 tons wouldn’t move so quickly, right? Well this thing moves at the very lest 35 miles per hour(56 kilometers per hour) and it could easily reach 40 miles per hour or possibly more (64+ kilometers per hour)if you pushed the reactor to it's limit.

which program do you use to do this cool animations?

Laser point defense systems, Macross style! In all seriousness, powerful lasers are simply too potentially effective for line of sight anti-projectile defense compared to everything else.

" somewhat more powerful "... " 3 times the amount "... Last I checked, 3 times the amount is SIGNIFICANTLY more!!!

2:56-there is Vertical launch system for the Sea Sparrow. Has there been any decision to use it instead of the Mk29s? 3:44-could the EMALS be installed on Nimitz-class ships in place of the steam catapults?

Nice art work

France has only one aircraft carrier

USS Gerald R. Ford was commissioned 10 days after this video lol XD

A little correction, France has one carrier left (Charles de Gaulle), at the time of the video Brazil had an old french carrier in service, but decommissioned it in 2017.

The whole concept of a sailing airport is fascinating

I was stationed on the Nimitz. That thing has a very busy workspace. Living with an airport a few decks above your head made it a little hard to sleep at times. And yes it was crowded. We spent most of the year out to sea and worked 12 hr days 7 days a week while out to sea. Lots of drills. The food out at sea was very good though. Lots of steaks and shrimp and the like. You could even have chow at night. The biggest issue I had a problem with was the racism that was rampant onboard. Lots of gang activity too. I hope that's not the way things are now.

nice so they are getting Railguns as well. :)

Fun fact there be more careful because anytime you open up a nimitz-class carrier the do any sort of major maintenance like pulling out reactors and what not they're continually finding workshops and spaces that there is no access to

How does this Chanel not have 1 mil subs

Gerald R Ford is getting Commissioned next week. Look it up

America 2 op plz nerf

We F-ing got 19 carriers?! F-ing COOL!

What i want to know is, is the computer automated system centralized or is it like a mesh network?

Please do NATO vs Warsaw Pact 1989

Germany in WWI vs Germany in WWII

One of the biggest benefits to the automated features is that the Ford class can launch and maintain far more aircraft in flight, with less crew, because they can arm them much faster. Given how carriers fight, this is a huge benefit--having planes in the sky is essential for defense against the biggest threats currently to carriers (Missiles and Subs)--as planes allow for better coordination with escort ships.

Usually, I can tell the different classes by the deck layout

I'm a Nimitz class sailor... USA GEORGE WASHINGTON CVN 73

USA vs. The world

What I genuinely want to know is where I can get the background theme at

btw all of the planes mentioned can be carried by both, although F4s and F14s are retired. The F35c is almost finished developing , it just still needs more testing on the landing gear for on the carriers.

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The US does not have 19 carriers. Including the Ford there are 11. No, amphibious assault ships are not aircraft carriers. Their aircraft only support ground troops. Aircraft on carriers also engage in air superiority, deep strike, ASW and command & control. If you want to argue that LHDs like the USS Wasp are carriers, then nearly every ship in the Navy is a carrier. Nearly all could have an F-35b or an AV-8 stationed on them.

Where did you get your information for the speed ratings? Aren't those highly classified?

please can you do a queen Elizabeth class carrier vs the Gerald r ford class (to see take off speed, crew size ect...)

ryanair v easyjet

The video ends one second before 7:15

The SLQ-32 EW system is not a radar and has nothing to do with SPY, which is a series of electronically tuned phased array radars.

i subbed :)

Anyone else reminded of the Japan flag at 00:04

629th.

How about predictions for the top 10 militaries?

Each carrier is like a small city. They are so beautiful. I fell in love with navy warships when my family went to the USS Alabama in Mobile, AL. A beautiful ship and also got to see the USS Drum. Since then I’ve been to as many ships as possible. I want to tour a modern nuclear submarine. I’ve been in a Los Angles class sub and a Seawolf. I would like to tour an Ohio class sub, but they aren’t very keen on letting people on those.

I bet thw Gerald R Ford class will have a uss Barrack Obama lol

Did you guys know when the Russian air craft carrier were send to kill isis it nedded repair in france and need to be Towed by boats 😂😂😂😂

That got the EM launch idea from roller coasters

Remember that the Nimitz class has its own sub-classes as well, with some ships getting different radar systems, deck layouts, etc we kn ow gerald R ford will also have this, with the CVN-79 USS JFK having a new radar replacing gerald's AN/SPY-4 or with the AN/SPY-6

USA is always '' The best '' in terms of military . USA USA USA USA

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SLQ-32 is designed to detect RADAR, but is not an active radar system itself. According to wikipedia the CVN-68 class has SPS-48E, SPS-49, SPQ-9B, SPN-43C, and SPN-41 radars.

The Navy officially states that the speed of these carriers is "In excess of 30 knots," but that's considered a low number by many people who have served on them.

United States defeats both

Funny thing is 'Tax payers will save money because of new carrier' ;)

The Ford Class is an awesome ship, and will likely go on to be the ultimate in Carrier technology. But I did have a few small issues with the Video. 1) The Queen Elizabeth Class have been designed to accept a catapult Launch system, which may be deployed on the ship (or both) at a later date. But given the fact both vessels were designed specifically for STOL operations, more specifically the F35B a catapult system was deemed not currently worthwhile. The Capability was designed into the ship however. 2) While the F35 is a predominantly US led development it is not entirely US designed. The UK is a major contributer in Tech and design personell to the aircraft. I know for a fact that many aspects of the aircrafts electronics and life support systems were taken from developments pioneered during the Eurofighter programme... how do I know this? My brother was one of the lead engineers on Eurofighter and has been working on F35 for years... and no, I do not know specifics, little thing called the Official Secrets act. This is not to say the UK is *the* major contributor, it is not, but it *has* made several valid and valuable contributions to the programme. Current estimation is that around 15% of every F35 is British designed.... not a lot admittedly, but designing and building 5th Generation aircraft is not a cheap thing, and hell, given the US's tech lead 15% is a pretty good ratio. 3) One Gerald D Ford Class has thus far cost more than both the development and the Hull and Equipment cost of the Queen Elizabeth Class, with plenty of change, hell one Ford is going to cost more than both QE class [lus their Air Wings! Probably not an issue for the US Navy... but definately one for the Royal Navy :) 4) 4300 crew? Pah... Queen Elizabeth has a sailing crew of 700.... Air crew and the like will add more but from the figures less than a thousand. But then the Royal Navy dont have the numbers of the USN! That is one *highly* automated ship. Worries me actually, because low crew numbers are great in peace time but I do wonder if the damage control and the like will be adequate in war time.... only time will tell (though hopefully not!). The TL;DR version is really, dont try to compare US Carriers with anyone elses, because no one else can *afford* US style Super Carriers! Despite being a proud Brit I know the Queen Elizabeth will not be as effective a platform as a Nimitz, let alone the GDF.... but she will be (for the moment) better than anyone elses *except* the US!

Please do a video on the HMS Queen Elizabeth class carriers

I really think EU should start soon to build it's army

American army vs Vietnam War American army :D Like if you agree

My dad was stationed on the CVN-65. Im here to see how replacement class differs. I wonder if the Ford class still has the R2D2/Phallanx gun? Oh it does. Are they the same old design?

with the increase in power specifically 3x more power than the Nimitz class, it will be able to accommodate laser defense weapon platform