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Message: <blockquote data-quote="F-14D" data-source="post: 66477" data-attributes="member: 851"><blockquote data-quote="Deadtroopers">This conjurs an ATL where the US is no longer able to keep the world safe for Fascism! Seriously a United States with a drastically reduced ability to interfere with the affairs of others wouldn't be a bad idea. Back to the topic, USS America was very specialised and the atom bombers intended for her. But for North Korea, both the Navy vision and the Air Force visions would have led to grave reductions in conventional warfare abilities and made for a much more dangerous world.</blockquote>Hmm.  Well, ignoring the first two sentences, a few points might be in order.1.  The name of the cancelled ship was USS United States, not USS America (although two subsequent ships have been named America).  2.  The United States was not specialized for the nuclear mission, although one of the reasons for her design was to be able to handle the larger jet aircraft expected to be introduced in the future, among them nuclear capable bombers, but also the normal tactical attack and fighter aircraft.  In fact, the design of the Forestall owes much to the work done for the United States.  3. The Navy got its vision, delayed a few years, in CVA-59 and her successors.  Not sure what grave reductions conventional warfare were experienced there.</blockquote>