The Marine Corps' dream of 'Lightning Carrier' full with F-35s is slowly becoming a reality

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• The Marine Corps' "Lightning Carrier" concept means to turn its "Gator Navy" amphibs into ad hoc aircraft carriers.
• And the Corps appears to be moving slowly but surely into turning that concept into a new doctrine for great power competition.
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Few things say "I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum" like a Navy amphibious assault craft absolutely covered with Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighters ready to bomb an adversary back to the Stone Age.

That's the logic behind the so-called "Lightning Carrier" concept designed to turn those "Gator Navy" amphibs into ad hoc aircraft carriers — and the Corps appears to be moving slowly but surely into turning that concept into a new doctrine for the new era of great power competition.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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