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It's not about the number of carriers, it's about the ability to project enough power to reach political goals. In most cases you are not competing with other c
by lambdadmitry 9y ago
It's not about the number of carriers, it's about the ability to project enough power to reach political goals. In most cases you are not competing with other countries' carries, you are competing with land-based assets (airbases, railways, etc.). For that you may need a lot of very big carriers
- valuearb 9y agoWe have 300 overseas bases. We don't need to be in Syria, Iraq, Afghsnastan, Africa, etc. I'd rather limit our power projection options to make it harder for politicians to use it at a whim.