Why would I? They were huge wastes of resources, effort, manpower...shoulda built more aircraft carriers!! https://twitter.com/CL0WN_BRITANNIA/status/1017102119311200259 …
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oh oh def not, totally
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also I am very skeptical of the War Nerd on that point (and fairly skeptical of him in general)
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oh, not just him - this is my Professional Opinion
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Aircraft Carriers and Supercarriers are certainly white elephants.... if you ignore the fact they are always surrounded by a fleet of other warships protecting them lol. People always quote the simulation "Oh we threw 50 Iranian style missle boats and sunk the carrier" No shit.
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They aren't meant to defend or assault things themselves, because in essence they're just armed and armored TRANSPORT vessels. They need escorts to get maximum efficiency and usage
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Sure, but I just don't trust aegis against the DF-21D and its weird MARVs/trajectory, especially given recent Chinese ISR improvements.
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Yeah the CWIS is a bit outdated as far as defense systems go. But thats a rectifiable issue, nothing wrong with the idea of aircraft carriers
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well, that leads us to *buzzword warning incoming* debating the changing character v. nature of war (e.g. the sorts of protracted campaigns that the ability to project naval aviation would be a part of are extremely unlikely)
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