To: Psalm 144
It isn't who has the most carriers, it's who can build the most carriers to replace the ones lost on battle. The USA has one shipyard that can produce one carrier every 5 years. Granted in a real war they could probably build one per year but that is not enough. China will overwhelm the USA. The biggest threat to the USA in de industrialization, lack of shipyards and skilled workers.
20 posted on
06/04/2016 4:04:26 AM PDT by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: central_va
They just seem obsolescent to me, in an age of hypersonic guided missiles. We are approaching the 100th anniversary of Billy Mitchell’s proof of their utility after WWI. In the meantime, other systems have emerged which seem to make them more vulnerable and as dated as massed heavy armor on land.
I don’t pretend to expertise, but that is my impression.
22 posted on
06/04/2016 4:13:51 AM PDT by
Psalm 144
(We are at that point, where we stand with Leonidas, or slither with Ephialtes.)
To: central_va
Perhaps China is “fighting the last war”. Everyone thought BB’s would be decisive in WWII; but, in that case CV’s air power won the day.
Autonomous drone submarines are yet to be fully appreciated.
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