US Navy loses $60 million jet at sea after it fell overboard from aircraft carrier (www.cnn.com)

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[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Be aircraft carrier

One job

Fail to carry aircraft

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

I'm still trying to imagine something the size of a carrier making hard turns

A US official said that initial reports from the scene indicated that the Truman made a hard turn to evade Houthi fire, which contributed to the fighter jet falling overboard.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

They could have done a scandi flick?

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

just imagine the structural stress from that

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's why they call it "emergency maneuver" and don't do that without reason, meaning they had to do evasive manuvers to not be hit by Ansar Allah drone or missile.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

We're now getting to see how US navy performs when the enemy can actually fight back.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Ah so the Houthis shot it down and they are using a lame excuse. That checks out.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

looks like it might be legit what happened

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I’m still trying to imagine something the size of a carrier making hard turns

Those are actually pretty agile for their size and can make hard turns

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

haha carrier drifting is fun to watch, I can definitely see how they lost a jet doing that

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