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I think the War Nerd makes a pretty convincing case that air carriers are basically obsolete. In the next major war, they will be WWII equivalent of the battle
by bokonist 15y ago
I think the War Nerd makes a pretty convincing case that air carriers are basically obsolete. In the next major war, they will be WWII equivalent of the battleship. http://exiledonline.com/the-war-nerd-this-is-how-the-carriers-will-die/ http://exiledonline.com/the-war-nerd-this-is-how-the-carrier...
- protomyth 15y agoIt is the same case made by the Air Force during the 1950's. It relies on using ICBM to target carrier groups. I would direct your attention to the nuclear tests done after WWII on the use of nuclear weapons against fleet battle groups and the amount of missile defense a modern battle group has. Also, those spy satellites that you need to target those ICBMs are not exactly totally immune to attack. I think the original article the report was in support of more funding for advances to the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System.