After Nearly 20 Years and $120 Billion, the Ford-Class Nuclear Aircraft Carriers Have Arrived. It’s a Monument to Everything Wrong With the US Navy.
The USS Gerald R. Ford and its sisters are the most advanced and expensive warships ever built, and they finally work. But the story of how America spent roughly $120 billion and the better part of…
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