[DIRTYSECRET]

Those things are high maintainence. Are they worth it now that they can be harder to defend? I was thinking of how Russia’s navy in the Black Sea is doing.

[Reno89519]

Since we have aircraft that can reach around the world, could do more with non-nuclear missiles, carriers seem less valuable, floating targets.

Imagine how many unmanned aircraft we could fly, with pilots flying 9-5 almost literally from home in the US, to carry out the same missions?

[Secret Agent Man]

They are worth it. The navy will adapt their tactics to defend them. Armed forces are constantly adapting and integrating new tsctics and weapons.

[cuz1961]

Those things are high maintainence.

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and worse

bad training makes it easy to damage those huge steam turbines...

complex lengthy exact series of events to both shut then down and start them back up