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Except that aircraft carriers are obsolete-- sitting ducks that will be sunk by long range guided missiles within hours of the next Great Power conflict. Subm
by pirate787 5y ago
Except that aircraft carriers are obsolete-- sitting ducks that will be sunk by long range guided missiles within hours of the next Great Power conflict. Submarine carriers with fleets of drones are the obvious replacement.
- ethbr0 5y agoSo your solution for an expensive surface vessel is an even more expensive subsurface vessel that does the same thing?
- reissbaker 5y agoA true life-or-death Great Power conflict will likely end human civilization, regardless of who wins, due to nuclear weaponry. Why bother trying to win a war that everyone is bound to lose? Until then, submarine carriers are a lot more expensive.
- ren_engineer 5y agoyou are proving the point that aircraft carriers are useless for anything other than bullying 3rd world nations
- njarboe 5y agoMore like useless against counties that have nuclear weapons. There are probably only nine[1] of those. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_we...]