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But isn't that kind of what happened with the Nimitz class carrier and the range of it's aircraft? One country doninating all other militaries via their navy?
by CoolGuySteve 8y ago
But isn't that kind of what happened with the Nimitz class carrier and the range of it's aircraft? One country doninating all other militaries via their navy?
- dantheman0207 8y agoIt is what happened, but it took a paradigm shift (aircraft carriers) not an increase in computational (fire-)power. The Japanese actually invested heavily in the biggest battleship in the world. It was soundly defeated at sea by an inferior force with an aircraft carrier at Leyte Gulf during World War II.
- jaipilot747 8y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato
- sgt101 8y agoI thought that what happened was that the USA was the only major industrialised power to emerge from WW2 with a functional government and economy, and consequently enjoyed 20+ years of unprecedented economic dominance. Subsequently it built whatever military assets it damn well pleased. I would argue that if you want to identify the mechanism of military dominance that the US has used to assert itself in the world you should look to Trident and the Ohio class.