"The amphibious ship becomes an aircraft carrier" has been realized in the United States.

"The amphibious ship becomes an aircraft carrier" has been realized in the United States.

When the American Ford-class aircraft carrier was launched, it was revealed that it had not yet formed combat effectiveness, which really made everyone see a joke. But the fact is that the US military has to face the "empty window period" of future aircraft carriers. Many people are also curious that the United States will solve this problem in this way. But obviously, we still underestimated the determination of the United States in the war. The concept of "amphibious ship changing into aircraft carrier" has never been realized in the United States. Three facts are enough to prove that the United States has long planned this.

First, the US military tested an amphibious ship carrying an F-35B, which the United States called a "milestone". However, "the amphibious ship turned into an aircraft carrier" is still an idea and has not revealed the next move of the United States. It seems that the United States does not lack aircraft carriers, but only regards this means as a way out when it lacks aircraft carriers. However, with the exposure of the Ford-class aircraft carrier problem, it seems that the United States really panicked this time.

If the first point is speculation, then the second point happened to prove the next move of the United States. According to American media reports, American pilots have completed the flight test of the F-35B on the amphibious assault ship for the first time, and the US military will continue to conduct joint training for the US Air Force and the Marine Corps. According to the United States, this is to combine the capabilities of the Marine Corps with those of the Navy and Air Force. But this actually confirms people's conjecture that the United States intends to replace the aircraft carrier with an amphibious ship.

The news from Vietnam seems to be enough to illustrate this point. It is reported that the second American-class amphibious assault ship "Tripoli" has completed the test. According to sources, this test also focuses on replacing the aircraft carrier as a combat deployment, and then will be equipped with the US Pacific Fleet. If this is the case, then the replacement that the US military wants has indeed been realized.

"Tripoli" is 257 meters long and 32 meters wide, with a displacement of over 45,000 tons. It can run at more than 20 knots. The power system of this class of ships is different from the amphibious assault ship built by the US Navy in the past, such as Wasp, Tarawa and Iwo Jima, and adopts an advanced gas turbine-all-electric propulsion mode. The Tripoli can carry fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters such as F-35B, MV-22, CH-53, AH- 1Z, MH-60S, which is not bad compared with the aircraft carrier.

It is worth noting that the amphibious ship carrying the F-35B is the first American-class amphibious ship LHA6, and the "Tripoli" tested is LHA7, and it seems that the US military will soon conduct the take-off and landing test of the F-35. The hasty pace of transforming two amphibious ships into aircraft carriers is enough to see how anxious the United States is.

Obviously, even if the Ford-class aircraft carrier squats, the US military can still rely on amphibious ships to quickly make up for its combat effectiveness, and don't forget that not all US aircraft carriers squat. However, there are nine amphibious ships in the United States. If all of them are converted into aircraft carriers, I am afraid that the US military deployment in the Pacific will only increase rather than decrease.

This inevitably makes people think that Russia on the other side of the Pacific Ocean will face the possibility of sealing up the last aircraft carrier, and the amphibious assault ship "lavina" under construction in Russia can only carry helicopters. If it's against an American class full of F-35s, the outcome is really worrying. In this regard, perhaps we should also be vigilant.