> You don't need to sink an aircraft carrier, just keep it at long range. At which point you haven't neutralised it; it's just become a 'fleet in being'. You s

> You don't need to sink an aircraft carrier, just keep it at long range. At which point you haven't neutralised it; it's just become a 'fleet in being'. You still have to account for it. You may be able to protect your home waters from it, but you can't project power when it's around.