How CVN-78 Will Be "Torn Apart" When It Reaches Norfolk

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is heading home to Norfolk after the longest carrier deployment in modern history. But instead of a victory lap, the US Navy is preparing a two-year industrial surgery that will tear the ship apart from the inside out. In this breakdown, we go inside the physics of what broke during CVN-78's record deployment, why the Navy is ripping out its most powerful radar, and how the F-35C's extreme heat is forcing engineers to cut open the flight deck itself. This is not a repair job. This is the price of building the future. #USNavy #CVN78 #NavyDecoded #F35C #SPY6 #CarrierDeployment Timestamps: 0:00 The most expensive warship ever built is limping home 1:21 The gamble that broke a thirteen-billion-dollar carrier 3:05 Acid flushes, broken pipes, and 600 displaced sailors 6:07 Why the Navy is ripping its best radar out of the ship 9:26 3,600 degrees. The F-35C problem nobody planned for 12:58 The carrier that has to catch up to its own standard 14:53 The cost of being the future