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Thursday, April 17, 2014

TODAY'S BIG NUGGET: Naval Defense Policy in a Nutshell

Chart of the Day: Aircraft carriers. U.S. Has More than Everybody Else Combined, and Then Some (Meteor Blades) from Daily Kos
"Each of the icons in the graphic is an accurate depiction of the flight deck as seen from above, all drawn to the same scale. Each of the middle column of ships is roughly the size of the Empire State Building."
Regular readers know I've been going on about this disparity for quit some time.  It has been one of the central issues we've talked about here in assessing and getting informed on US defense policy.  This chart speaks volumes.

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