They may have 509 aircraft, but a single F-22 can take them all out.
The best they have is about 20 still barely functioning F-14s and a handful of F-4's.
A single sortie by a few F-22 and F-35s would make very short work of them.
Because Nanzi will single handedly nag the entire country to death?
24? Maybe if you count the carriers in the mothball fleet.
Don’t forget that we have Rambo.
I think they are counting our helicopter carriers as well as fixed-wing carriers. Our LPHs are larger than many other countries fleet carriers.
They may have 509 aircraft, but a single F-22 can take them all out.
The best they have is about 20 still barely functioning F-14s and a handful of F-4's.
A single sortie by a few F-22 and F-35s would make very short work of them.
After GW I, Iraq and Iran battled each other for a decade and neither actually won.
The US/Coalition defeated Hussain in a matter of days during both GW I and GW II.
The article shouldnt even say Russia has a carrier, as they knowmit doesn’t work and wont be fixed.
What they have is a future artificial reef somewhere.