As a Navy Veteran who has served on Aircraft Carriers, I think their time has come and gone. Better served with smaller ships with UAV’s. Hypersonic cruise missiles are hard to neutralize.
Do hypersonic missiles have an explosive charge, or is it just a kinetic energy weapon?
Along the same line of thinking, land or sea based “rail guns” could potentially drop a shower of hypersonic projectiles onto an aircraft carrier from more than 100 miles away.
Since you’re a Navy Vet, you certainly must know the old saw “Loose Lips Sink Ships”.
Is it really necessary to point out in a public forum what a real ex-Navy AC gunner thinks about how possibly ineffective our anti-missile capabilities are? Shouldn’t you keep those kind of things to yourself and your former shipmates?
While I’m sure our enemies must already know many of the weaknesses of our shipboard anti-missile defense systems, there’s no need to send those enemies even one more ounce of info to help their cause.
I’m not a vet and I do thank you for your service, but I don’t think it’s right.