“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.
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Yes.
China, as was the USSR, is an empty shell, a paper tiger, a communist bankrupt economy teetering on collapse.
Socialism has consistently proven over and over again to be a bankrupt system, and yet the ignorant and gullible still buy the Leftist charade.