Aircraft carriers are large targets because they're so valuable. WWII Pacific Theater was centered around taking out enemy aircraft carriers while preserving y

Aircraft carriers are large targets because they're so valuable. WWII Pacific Theater was centered around taking out enemy aircraft carriers while preserving your own. If you can have one that can operate on its own for months and out-speed any chemically-fuelled vessel: that's a huge advantage. Now imagine having a fleet of them. Nothing short of ready for war.