US Navy Experience – No Aircraft Carrier Sunk Since WW2
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#74DC5)
U.S. Navy's 2005 SINKEX (Sinking Exercise) on the decommissioned supercarrier USS America (CV-66). This remains one of the most significant and still largely classified live-fire tests ever conducted on a modern aircraft carrier. The 2005 live fire tests show that US aircraft carriers can take dozens of 250-500 kg bombs to top decks without sinking ...