I am pro-military, but I don’t see how when we are in as much debt as we are, we need 11 carrier groups when the most any other country can muster up is 1.
Aside from the fiscal ability to project power,one must also wonder,given the evolution of asymmetrical warfare and the proliferation of small missile technology among the second and third worlds, if carriers will be highly vulnerable in future conflicts? Will or should the ability to project air power from outer space be the military doctrine of the future?
“I don’t see how when we are in as much debt as we are, we need 11 carrier groups “
Well, when we deliver goods overseas we’ll need to protect them from being confiscated on the seas by our creditors.
Convoy duty in the post-Obama world...