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[–] Inaminate_Carbon_Rod@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Carriers have been the be all and end all for 80 + years now.

It’s only a matter of time before land based defences are just too good.

The Chinese hypersonic missile seems to be the beginning of that.

Once they have enough of those and have them perfected, they will move on Taiwan.

Just my armchair opinion.

Yeah I don't see how giant aircraft carriers will exist in 20+ years. When it costs billions to make, shit tons of man hours, training and take forever to move around, and someone can put a giant hole in the side of it and sink every $100 million dollar plane that's on it along with all the people for under $20 million, it's just seems dumb.

Like for scale, someone could sink every Aircraft carrier in the U.S. fleet for cheaper than the cost of 1 ballroom.