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Automating Future Aircraft Carriers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sign-em-up-for-a-skynet-subscription dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Britain and France will jointly build three new huge aircraft carriers which will be delivered between 2012 and 2014. With their 60,000 tonnes, these 275-meter-long carriers will be the largest warships outside of the U.S. Navy. They're going to cost about $4 billion each, but with their reduced crews due to automation, they'll save lots of money to taxpayers during their 50 years of use. StrategyPage tells us that these ships will need at most a crew of 800 sailors instead of 2,000 for ships of that size today. At a cost of $100K per sailor per year, this represents savings of more than $6 billion. Impressive -- if it works."

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  1. Re:The US Navy has a better new toy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I just farted.

    That was a *much* better use of money than the US military can spend.

  2. Re:Clippy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If by "dog" you mean "your mom" and by "steak" you mean "muh dick", well yeah.

    If not, well, STFU you French fuck. Go have a look outside. I think your car is on fire.

  3. Re:Why stop at $6 billion? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Oh yeah, that's an awesome idea! And while we're at it, lets dismantle the whold defense department. Maybe even local Police departments too! Who needs to be safe? What IS "safe" anyway"?

    Think of all the trillions of dollars we could save!!!!11