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Was the paper you're referring to called "Too big to sink"? https://web.archive.org/web/20200303183928/https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2017/may/too-
by hitekker 6y ago
Was the paper you're referring to called "Too big to sink"?
https://web.archive.org/web/20200303183928/https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2017/may/too-big-sink https://web.archive.org/web/20200303183928/https://www.usni....
Since then, it seems like his warning fell on deaf ears. His most recent article indicates they're still proceeding with building even more aircraft carriers.
- onepointsixC 6y agoI would offer a different the opposite view: Any fixed base has little to no chance surviving modern war. As demonstrated by Iran in the Saudi oil field attack, even a country which has been economically isolated for decades can develop accurate cruise missiles which can devastate a known coordinate. At least a carrier can move 50 km/h, meaning that you need a sophisticated kill chain in order to hit it. Where as a fixed coordinate could have been pre-targeted years ago, and just waiting to be destroyed.