“Quantity has a quality all of its own.”
Ask the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS about that one. They saw their Tigers, Panthers, and Mk IVs, crewed by some of the best armor crews in the world, led by the Generals and Field Marshals that invented modern armored warfare, swamped by hordes of T-34s.
All the PLAN needs to do is get enough advanced anti-ship missile launchers in range - and the range of their next generation missile, the Hsiung Feng III, is 300 KM. At Mach 2, the targets will have less than seven minutes to kill the incoming missiles.
The question is, can the air power projected from the carriers keep PLAN’s ships and subs beyond launch range?
The question is, when are we going to stop foolishly providing the money for this?
Wake up people. We need to bring back our industries.
We are seriously, going to need them.
Which is why the USN is investing so much in directed energy weapons.