[central_va]

If we get in hot war with China/PLAN they will crank out those ships like crazy. Yeah we may sink their ships but they have massive steel infrastructure and industrial capacity to make good on their losses.

OTH the USA has ONE shipyard that can make CVNs. We have a declining industrial base not capable of making good on our ship losses. Maybe not today but the direction of power is slowly shifting towards the Dragon and away from the Eagle.

Well they tell me there will never be another naval war between large navies. So who cares right?

[blam]

"Well they tell me there will never be another naval war between large navies. So who cares right? "

You'll fight with what you have on hand. The war will be over before anyone builds any new ships, IMO.

[alloysteel]

This is how we managed to drive the Soviet Union into bankruptcy. We made them believe they had to develop a missile shield defense, so they could “shoot down a missile with another missile”, and they poured so many resources into their version of “Star Wars” they were driven to insolvency.

Let the Chinese try to launch a naval air force. They won’t be able to crank out state-of-the-art vessels at a great enough pace to keep up with losses.

[Ken H]

The United States now operates 10 Nimitz-class "supercarriers," aircraft carriers that dwarf all other flat-tops worldwide both in size and capability. The Nimitz carriers are 1,092 feet long and weigh a whopping 101,600 tons—60 percent larger than their nearest counterparts, the Queen Elizabeth class.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/g2412/a-global-roundup-of-aircraft-carriers/

[Tamatoa]

I’ll have what you are smoking. Thought people on FR are the most educated and informed.