To counter your "carrier killer" scenario, don't you think China itself would be hesitant to take out, well, anything American? That is essentially guaranteed t

To counter your "carrier killer" scenario, don't you think China itself would be hesitant to take out, well, anything American? That is essentially guaranteed to turn any "crisis" or "escalating situation" into a declaration of war. Consider China's island building in the Pacific. We routinely fly all over that airspace no matter how much the Chinese tell us to leave "their" airspace. We're such a hawkish nation that I really don't imagine us standing down to China in a shooting match. Quite frankly, I'm surprised the government-sponsored industrial espionage isn't a bigger issue.