We better get moving here so there will be no “Carrier gap’
All we have are 19 of these things with an additional 4 under construction.
“All we have are 19 of these things with an additional 4 under construction.”
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I’m not yet prepared to declare the carrier obsolete. But, with the advent of hyper speed missiles and such even third world military’s can possess low cost carrier killer capability. Already, our carrier battle groups stand off from Southeast Asia waters, the Taiwan strait, etc. so, remains to be seen if they can be protected.