A hidden cost of the V-22?
The new amphibs (I still think we should just call them "small carriers") won’t have a well deck. Two questions: Is this to better accommodate the V-22? And how serious is the loss of the well? (HT to "Semp Fi")
The new amphibs (I still think we should just call them "small carriers") won't have a well deck. Two questions: Is this to better accommodate the V-22? And how serious is the loss of the well?
The new amphibs (I still think we should just call them "small carriers") won’t have a well deck. Two questions: Is this to better accommodate the V-22? And how serious is the loss of the well?
(HT to "Semp Fi")
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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