Early this year.

The American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Truman.

A boat crash near the Suez Canal.

The Pentagon¡¯s face.

Recently, another explosion was.

After 8 months.

The carrier has still not been substantially repaired

A large poster on the aircraft carrier.

Just coveredDamaged site

In February this year, the Truman crashed with a merchant ship in the port of Seed in Egypt, causing a noticeable cracks near the aircraft carrier's right-wing elevator and a severe deformation of the surrounding pipeline. At the time, the U.S. Navy did not disclose the specific damage of the Truman, but said the crash caused damage above the water line and did not affect the safety of the nuclear reactor, "not affecting the operational ability."

After the crash, the aircraft carrier went to the Greek port for emergency repairs, and then resumed operational deployment until returning to the U.S. naval base in Norfolk in June.

On October 5, Naval Station Norfolk hosted the 250th anniversary celebration of the founding of the U.S. Navy. A photo provided to the Business Insider website by a U.S. military sailor present shows that,The "Truman" aircraft carrier beside Trump is hung with a huge poster, and the poster happens to cover the damaged part of the ship from a previous collision¡£

From side observations, it can be seen that the damaged part has not been substantially repaired in the last 8 months.Just painted with "paint matching the hull color."¡£

In this regard, some netizens say, "painting is probably to prevent rust, repair may take years."

Multiple factors cause

U.S. aircraft carrier deployment capacity weakened

In the face of external questions, the U.S. Navy spokesman responded that the "Truman" external damage will be repaired during the "middle-term replacement major repair."In the past, the U.S. Navy Society website also disclosed that the "Truman" will enter the dry dock for comprehensive repair, in order to fully handle the damage caused by the collision.

However, the real dilemma is that due to the continued decline of the U.S. shipbuilding industry, currently only a few dry docks at Newport News Shipyard and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in the United States have the ability to maintain a 100,000-ton super aircraft carrier, and these dry docks are currently occupied. Therefore, since the Truman returned to the United States, it has not had the opportunity to be docked for maintenance.

In addition, due to factors such as the large number of maintenance operations accumulated by previous delays, overuse caused by high-frequency overseas deployments, and long service time, the actual situation of the 11 super aircraft carriers currently in service in the U.S. Navy is not good.Usually only 3 to 4 aircraft carriers have deployment capabilitiesThe accidental damage to the Truman during normal deployment exacerbated the U.S. Navy¡¯s use of aircraft carriers.

Source: Central Television Military Complex CCTV-13