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How advanced are American retired weapons? It supports the military strength of many countries.

At the Bremerton base in Washington, three US Navy aircraft carriers (from left to right) have been retired for disposal: Raider, Constellation and Independence. The number of warships retired by the US Navy is quite amazing, both in quantity and quality exceeding the strength of active navies in some countries.

The picture shows the North American Airlines B-25 Mitchell bomber production line, taken in February 1942.

In World War II, the United States and its allies leveled Nazi Germany and destroyed the Japanese Empire by relying on a large number of American-made weapons. After the war, these weapons of good quality and sufficient quantity brought another problem: excessive manufacture. The picture shows a large number of outdated P-40 fighters waiting to be dismantled in an armory of the US Army Air Force after World War II.

The Naval Non-active Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) in Philadelphia will classify the retired warships according to the degree of wear and tear, and seal them in good condition, waiting for the military to need or meet foreign buyers; Inferior products will be dismantled and recycled. These warships are nicknamed "reserve fleet" because they need to weld spherical white steel shield on turret, fire control and other precision instruments during storage.

1956 the American Iowa-class battleship Wisconsin collided with the destroyer, and the bow of the Wisconsin was torn and had to be replaced. But at that time, USS navy had completely stopped building battleships, and the cost of reopening the production line was too high. Even if it is reopened, the replacement bow cannot be produced in a short time.

Due to the excellent shipbuilding quality of the US Navy, its retired warships are also an option for many countries with weak strength. The Cannon-class escort destroyers currently in service in the Philippine Navy are surplus materials from World War II, which were first handed over to the rebuilt Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and then to the Philippines.

There are also many "unlucky" who don't need to return to active service and can't find a buyer in the stored weapons. The picture shows that on June 2, 2006, the US Navy sank the retired Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser Fu Ji Gu.

The United States Air Force, established after World War II, quickly entered the jet era. In addition to being demolished, some of the last generation propeller fighters that failed to catch up with the war were also transferred to a sealed state. The picture shows Douglas A- 1 "Sky Raider" sealed at Davis-Monson Air Force Base in the United States.

Davis-Monson Air Force Base is the most famous "airplane graveyard" of the US military. The base covers an area of 2,600 acres and houses thousands of retired and idle fighters of the US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. Arizona's dry desert climate contributes to the long-term preservation of these aircraft. The picture shows overlooking Davis-Mohsen Air Force Base.

The B-52 strategic bombers sealed at Davis-Monson Air Force Base, although these old guys made in the11950s are unlikely to fly again, in order to maintain the normal operation of the active B-52 fleet of the US Air Force, these B-52s have acted as "organ donors".

F- 16 fighters at Davis-Monson base, these relatively new aircraft are in the storage state of 1000, which is also called "non-destructive" storage: this means that no parts of the aircraft can be disassembled unless ordered from the Aircraft Project Office of the US Air Force.

These F- 16 will soon meet their ultimate fate: with the consumption of QF-4 UAVs coming to an end, the US Air Force is changing the retired F- 16 into unmanned QF- 16 as a new generation of UAVs, and the airframes used to modify these UAVs are extracted from the inventory of Davis-Monson base.

The picture shows P-3C with the number of 9 13 extracted from Davis-Monson base and transported to the factory for renovation.

Second-hand American military supplies flowing out of the local market after the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. The principles of the US military in handling war materials are: properly preserve those equipment that will still be of use value in the future; For those who have no continued use value or little value, they will not hesitate to abandon them.

For example, anti-mine and anti-ambush vehicles are no longer useful after the withdrawal of American troops, and it will cost a lot of freight to transport them back to China. Therefore, if local allies are interested in buying, the US military will be happy to dispose of it cheaply.