Like the battleship in World War II, the aircraft carrier is obsolete today. Air power missils and smart weapons are the weapons of choice. Today’s warplanes can strike anywhere from anywhere.
Sending our carriers around the world only gives targets to rubber dingys with boxes of explosives and a crew of two willing to die, a la U.S.S. Cole.
You either neglected to include a sarcasm tag or you are a moron.
Current thinking is to treat the CVNs as mobile bases.
The same thing was said about mass tactical airborn operations...
...right before Just Cause in 1989.
The same thing was said about the main battle tank...
...just before Desert Storm in 1991.
How do you think most tactical aircraft get to hot spots? By Air Force pilots? Wrong, the only time the AF has been a first responder was when they were tasked to fight their way into Saudi Arabia for the first Gulf war.
It’s the Navy and its carriers that carry the load.
Surely, you have no clue how an aircraft carrier and it’s many assets are employed.
A word of advice, stick to the Paris Hilton threads.