5mo ago

BBC: does a $13bn aircraft carrier which the latest Chinese missiles could sink in a matter of minutes make sense any more

www.bbc.com

Do US super-carriers make sense anymore? The BBC goes on board one

5mo ago

www.bbc.com /news/articles/c70wzz84xzxo

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It makes sense when you need to bomb countries that can't defend themselves (until they get cheap drones to harass your fleet)
- Or until they develop/buy hypersonic missiles.
Military Industrial Complex: it makes even more sense! The faster they sink the more we get paid to make!
Ah, there's that dry British sense of humor:
We had been invited onto the Carl Vinson to see another side of US carrier strategy, one which emphasises American friendliness, and willingness to work with allies – something you don't hear much in Washington these days.
My God the failed novelism is really strong in this one. Article takes so long to get to the rucking point and meanders about stupid nonsense.
particularly in the age of Donald Trump?
Tf does this mean and what does it have to do with aircraft carriers.
In the absence of wars to fight, US carrier groups spend much of their time doing this, learning how to operate together with allied navies.
Didn't you guys recently use a carrier group to help Israel commit a genocide? Or was that a different class of warships?
This one was smaller, but was the first in the Pacific involving a French carrier for more than 40 years.
French warships (and ships from 18 other countries) encircling China in the Pacific is what these people consider as a defensive alliance.
the one of Trump with its now familiar pugilistic glower.
smh. What I mean by failed novelism.
Downsize these carriers, to carry only helicopters or planes which can land and take off vertically as many countries have done, and you end up with vessels which are even more vulnerable.
Completely besides the point. In war, more important than having weapons that can't be destroyed (they certainly can be) os having weapons that you can afford to have destroyed.
If it only takes a few lucky shots to disable almost 10% of your power projection at a time, and your opponent can take hundreds, thousands of shots, you are absolutely cooked.
Three new Ford-class nuclear carriers, the next generation after the Carl Vinson, are currently under construction, although two will not be in service until the next decade. The plan is to complete ten of this new class of carrier
Great plan. I'm sure you will complete these ships in time for your war against China.