I have my issues with current naval strategy semicolon however, ships of ww2, for the most part, had much more close in fire power than ships of today have. We built FFGs, DDGs,CGs, and especially support ships that has very little fight in them inside of 5 miles. And yes I haven’t forgotten about the Phalanx.
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At some level, I hope someone in the Navy is thinking about alternatives to the current carrier-based mega ships. This was a great strategy for WWII, but that was over 70 years ago. Longer range, heavier weapons like nuclear tipped hypersonic cruise missiles could potentially wipe out a carrier with a single strike. A carrier represents too much capital wrapped up in one platform.