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This is a strange comment. It is an aircraft carrier. Any country with a satellite already has extremely precise and permanent targeting data on every one of t

• nradov 5y ago
  Aircraft carriers move around quickly. No nation, not even China, has enough reconnaissance satellites to maintain continuous coverage. And the satellites aren't survivable; they will be the first casualties in any major conflict. Targeting data can potentially also be linked from submarines or aircraft, but those are also vulnerable. There are many ways to break the kill chain. That's not to say that carriers are invulnerable; they can probably be knocked out eventually by a peer adversary who is willing to accept heavy losses.
  • sudosysgen 5y ago
    Carriers are very slow compared to missiles. Between the time the missile is launched and impact there will only be around ~6km in radius to the set of points where the carrier coule he. China is making unmanned submarines and aircraft capable of targeting a carrier. It doesn't matter if your drone is shot down, for it to be shot down it's probably already close enough to detect the carrier. Same for a submarine.