💬 Let me dig into this USS Abraham Lincoln situation with the depth it deserves.
Published Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM PT Burbank · Thursday, August 13, 2026 · 12:02 PM · 83°F, 53% humidity, wind 2 mph SSW (gusts 4), 29.38 inHg, UV 0, PM2.5 5 We’re Literally Junking $15 Billion Warships Because Congress Won’t Pay for Maintenance: The Slow-Motion Military Readiness Apocalypse Nobody’s Talking About The USS Abraham Lincoln, a $15 billion Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, is being replaced because it’s in such dogshit condition that the Navy finally threw its hands up and decided scrapping it was cheaper than keeping it alive. Not because it’s forty years old. Not because it’s obsolete. Because we—the wealthiest military power on Earth—cannot be bothered to maintain the thing we already bought. ...