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ISSUE 4
★★★
THE MOST POWERFUL FIGHTING FLEET IN THE WORLD
★★★
THE
US NAVY TODAY
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ISSUE 1
USS GERALD R. FORD
Focusing on the US Navy aircraft carrier
USS Gerald
R Ford
this bookazine tells the
story of the most modern aircraft carrier in the
world, including the carrier’s air operations,
the F35- supersonic stealth fighter aircraft and
the Carrier Strike Group (CSG). It is the first of
five new Ford-class carriers set to project the
US Navy across the next five decades.
ISSUE 2
RN CARRIERS
The Royal Navy is regenerating its Carrier
Strike capability with two new 60,000 tonne
super-carriers; HMS
Queen Elizabeth
and HMS
Prince of Wales
– the full low-down on these
impressive vessels, researched and related by
historian, David Reynolds.
ISSUE 3
THE NORTHERN FLEET
Based across the Kola Peninsula, the Northern
Fleet is Russia’s most powerful naval force
with immediate responsibility for the Arctic as
well as maintaining Moscow’s naval influence
along the northern sea route from the Atlantic
to the Pacific.
This issue covers the Cold War period,
Russia’s exploration of the Artic, the current
fleet and investment in the Kremlin’s front-line
defence against a potential future war with
the West.
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Above:
The US Navy aircraft carrier USS
Carl Vinson
(CVN-70) in Apra Harbour, Guam.
Above right (and on the back page):
US Navy Los Angeles-class submarine USS
Albuquerque.
Picture US Navy
ISSUE 4
THE
US NAVY
TODAY
★★★★★★★
Author:
David Reynolds
Editor:
Charles Waters
Publisher:
Paul Appleton
Design and layout:
Mark Aston and Anita Waters
Published by Kelsey Publishing Ltd, The Granary, Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Kent, ME18 6AL
First published November 2020. © All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is forbidden except with prior
permission from the publisher. The publisher cannot accept responsibility for any errors in articles or advertisements.
The views expressed are not necessarily those of the Editor or Publisher. ISBN: 9 772633 765007-04
CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
READY FOR THE FUTURE FIGHT
The US Navy is a maritime superpower with the most powerful fighting fleet in the world. The fleet’s dominance across the world’s oceans has ensured
its place as a key enabler of Washington’s foreign policy. This impressive force has the ability to deploy warships, most notably aircraft carriers,
thousands of miles in a matter of days and loiter off a coastline where hostilities are taking place – without imposing on another country’s sovereignty.
Then if required, the carrier’s air wing can provide demonstration of capability in order to influence calm and secure political objectives.
CHAPTER TWO
TODAY’S DESTROYER FLEET
IN 2020, the US Navy has the most powerful destroyer force in the world. The Arleigh Burke guided-missile class has been in service for more than
two decades and has earned a reputation across the Navy as the most successful warship to serve. More destroyers are important because, despite all
the glory scored by aircraft carriers, they remain the backbone of US naval operations and proved their value in the Second World War. Since then the
fleet has seen eight classes of destroyers including the Norfolk-class, the Mitscher, the Forrest Sherman, the Farragut, the Charles F Adams, the Kidd
Spruance and the Arleigh Burke. Most of the post-war destroyers were limited in number with the Navy ordering a total of 18 of the Forrest Sherman-
class, 23 of the Charles Adams-class, Spruance-class 31 and more than 60 ‘Burkes’ a number of which are still being built.
CHAPTER THREE
THE CARRIER FLEET
THE US NAVY’S nuclear-powered super-carriers are the prestigious spearhead of naval capability, projecting power across global oceans. America has
the biggest carrier fleet in the world allowing it to deploy floating airfields to remote areas to deliver influence and if required deploy their combat
aircraft.
TODAY the US Navy’s submarine service is the fleet’s most powerful combat capability. The ‘silent service’ operates the globe and is always in the
forefront of any military action. America’s force includes the Ohio class, which carry the nuclear deterrent and an attack fleet, currently delivered by the
Los Angeles, Seawolf and Virginia subs. They are able to submerge into the depths of the ocean for long periods, stalk an adversary or remain in the
shadows poised with their ballistic nuclear weapons ready to protect America and NATO. Their work remains secret and the public rarely knows anything
about their deployments.
CHAPTER FOUR
THE SILENT SERVICE
CHAPTER FIVE
SEMPER FIDELIS
THE United States Marine Corps is the maritime infantry of the US Navy and regarded as America’s premier fighting force dedicated to protecting their
country, a commitment symbolised in its motto ‘Semper Fidelis’ – always faithful.
THE United States Navy remains the world’s dominant maritime power, but the American Eagle is facing a future against a growing adversary – the
Dragon of the Far East. The People’s Republic of China is building more ships and currently has more vessels than Washington and in the past few years
Beijing has constantly issued military threats against the United States and Taiwan. The growth of China’s fleet is impressive, but it lacks the carrier
superiority that the Pentagon can surge across the globe.
CHAPTER SIX
THE EAGLE AND THE DRAGON
WAR AT SEA |
US NAVY TODAY
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THE
US NAVY
TODAY
THE US NAVY remains the most
powerful maritime nation. It is
developing new weapons systems,
building new warships and submarines
with a vision from the Pentagon to field
a 500-ship fleet by 2030. Spearheaded by
its iconic carrier force, the Navy is now
looking to procure a new generation of
surface combatants, which will carry
new laser weapons systems and aided
by artificial intelligence and unmanned
platforms. Future littoral ships – which
have the look of a ship from the future
– have already entered service and the
Navy is seeking new ways of deploying its
marines ashore in the littoral. e future
fight could be anywhere from the Middle
East to Russia, but the Pentagon see the
number one adversary as China. Beijing
is building long range hyper-sonic
missiles and futuristic anti-access area
denial systems to protect their coastal
areas and beyond. Tensions in the Far
East regularly boil as President Xi Jinping
voices his demand that Taiwan should be
part of mainland China. His threats to
use military force to re-unite the island
and his aspirations to harvest economic
opportunities in the Pacific and exclude
the United States have forced Washington
to focus their military energy towards the
East. China is embarked on a ballistic-
missile submarine programme and shows
no sign of limiting its weapons arsenal.
e relationship between China and
the United States is volatile. But there is
a way forward for Washington’s ‘Eagle’
and Beijing’s ‘Dragon’. In early 2021, the
nuclear New START treaty will expire,
unless the United States and Russia act
to extend the last nuclear arms control
agreement for an additional five years.
It limits nuclear weapons and as China
is now a major player inviting Beijing
to sign the treaty would be an obvious
resolution. For many political observers
that presents a major issue – it recognises
China as a nuclear super-power. In the
meantime, the US Navy continues to rule
the waves and at any time of the day or
night Washington’s carriers, destroyers
and nuclear submarines are deployed and
ready to counter any threat to the West.
David Reynolds
USS
America
(LHA-6) an amphibious
assault ship, was launched in 2012.

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