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We should give all our non nuclear carries to Japan to overhaul and operate.

I think right now the only US carrier that's held as a reserve asset is the Kitty Hawk. Maybe Constellation, but I recall reading that she'd been struck. All the others have been struck, with all of them except Kennedy (held for museum donation) and possibly Ranger (also held for museum donation - but I'd read that the SEALS removed her screws using plastic explosives as part of a training exercise some years ago) and Independence (retired in good condition, apparently) in pretty advanced states of decay. One (America) has been sink-exed.

The US runs its carriers into the ground. I mean, we get good life and great value out of them, but the costs of operating them after ~50 years of service is exorbitant. In addition to how the conventionals were late 1940s/1950s designs without a lot of consideration given to manpower requirements (like is happening with the Ford class).

Building new would give the Japanese fresh ships with 50 year lifespans built to more economical manning standards. Going with the QE class would limit the need for them to reinvent the wheel with an indigenous design.

..I lived in Sasebo, Japan on the island of Kyushu from 1969-1971. So, I know just a tad more than the average person about Japan. As a result, I can say that in my opinion the last thing the Chinese are going to do is F with Japan much more than they already are. The Japanese, at their core, are warriors and the Chinese are not. Samurai ethos is not dead in Japan. Japanese will fight the Chinese man for man and man to man to the last soldier....remember Iwo Jima! And, the Chinese know that, they are not stupid and have little history that I know of regarding launching major military invasions against MAJOR opponents that might kick their ass.

So, there never going to be an invasion of mainland Japan by the Chinese for that reason.

I’m no admiral but I think two aircraft carriers in the hands of the Japanese would last about as long as there WWII carriers when the shooting starts. They would be better advised to arm every man, woman and child in the country and train them plus update their nukes that few think they have but they surely do. Then, “Marines” by the several divisions and they should be in pretty good shape.

Who leads the world in electronic technology production? The Japanese will kick the Chinese paper giant’s ass if war broke out......rather like the Israeli’s have done to the Jihadi’s in 3 or 4 all out wars and hundreds of small unit fights.

True, they have even more serious personnel problems than we do. They should start from scratch on a design. As I recall, their shipbuilding capabilities were pretty good...:). And I’ve read that the military equipment that they build for themselves (and cannot sell on the world market) is absolutely first-class.