I thought aircraft carriers were siting ducks and not part of the latest military naval technology.
In a war with a first world country, I wouldn’t count on the carrier being there when the strike sortie comes back.
They’ll last as long as they stay way to hell out of harms way. If they dont, they will go down to the bottom.
This isnt WW2 times where they could hide and it took hours for the enemy to find them and sink them.
Twenty or more aircraft with air to ship missiles and its over.
As far as the Red Chinese? They could give a rip about their pilots lives so they’ll send as many as they think will do the trick.
You left off the sarcasm tag.
“I thought aircraft carriers were siting ducks and not part of the latest military naval technology.”
Maybe the Chicoms plan to slap around some third worlders neocon style.
Bill Kristol is going to be so jealous!
Aircraft carriers are great for pounding smaller/weaker countries due to their ability to effectively project force. This means that China intends to be able to project force to smaller/weaker countries.
“I thought aircraft carriers were siting ducks and not part of the latest military naval technology.”
Well, yes and no. We could argue about the survivability of carriers in an all-out war using ICBM’s and maneuverable reentry vehicles. We would both probably agree the losses would be horrendous. But the US is China’s least concern. They have had several wars with Vietnam since our war ended in the seventies. Each time, Vietnam has handed them a defeat. China is rapidly building infrastructure to correct the reasons for their loses. In addition, with the US’ gradual withdrawal from the peace keeping role in the Persian Gulf, China will need to protect oil shipments from there all the way to China. Those shipments will need to pass several choke points and hostile countries who could hold the oil for ransom. The faster the US withdraws from its role as World Police, the faster China must ramp up its navy to take up the slack.
On another tact, China has the most over-leveraged big economy in the world. I would argue that their navy build-up will never be completed before their economy implodes.