It's not a 'fake', it's a 'target' for practice drills. Just like the cloth targets for anti-air gunnery practice, it is an affordable and disposable target.

It's not a 'fake', it's a 'target' for practice drills. Just like the cloth targets for anti-air gunnery practice, it is an affordable and disposable target. Or would you expect a country to build a real, fully operational carrier to be destroyed just for target practice?