[BobL]

“The chicoms have one carrier, that was the incomplete sister ship to the Russian scrapheap Kuznetsov.”

I’ll ask again, how many carriers does China need to attack Taiwan?

“The USS Enterprise is an obsolete 55+ year old ship that has already been replaced by CVN-78 Gerald R Ford.”

We weren’t trying to start major wars around the world when we sized our fleet of carriers. Now we need whatever hardware we can get our hands on. After all, how long does it take to build a new carrier?

[central_va]

Nuclear powered CVs are just plain dumb. We need conventional carriers because they are way Less expensive, same strike capability and require less crew training. Conventional carriers are much more survivable and can take much more battle damage and NOT LEAK RADIATION ALL OVER THE CREW.

A CVN operates as part of a Battle Group all of which are conventionally powered. To me CVNs make no sense.