“......Similarly, building a ship with a large flight deck will not give the People Liberation Army Navy the aviation capabilities that we earned over 80+ years of flight operations. I’m not in any way worried about a PLAN carrier.”
Exactly. It would take generations for china to build a “world class navy” being the men, not the machines. They are just building expensive targets.......
The problem is while China doesn’t have the experience with carrier operations the US has, the “diversification” of the US military may tend to level the playing field.
The lack of commitment to the training of personnel by the previous Administration has led to some very serious errors by naval officers over the past couple of years. It was RARE to hear of ship-to-ship contact prior to the Obama years.
While I’m sure there were some incidents, it seems they happen more frequently now and without an Administration willing to commit resources to training, spare parts, and re-supply, this could impact operations of the US military for years to come. Plus, couple that with a continuing presence in the Middle East, the fatigue factor I would bet is pretty high right now.
That’s what they do, think long term.
How many Chinese destroyers collided with merchant vessels last year? Home many ran aground. Our new womanized PC Navy is not your father Navy.