When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor the entire concept of Naval Warfare changed from Battleships to Air Craft Carriers, to some degree that’s still true today, but is rapidly changing.
The war in Ukraine has shown how vulnerable warships can be, things like underwater drones, robotic jet skis loaded down with explosives, over the horizon anti-ship missiles, etc. have all made navy ships vulnerable.
China supposedly has significantly more war ships than the USA, their navy is concentrated in areas around the South China Sea, augmented with man made islands where airplanes can operate from.
I’m certainly not a naval warfare expert, but the US Navy could be very vulnerable trying to fight back in that situation, unless they combined forces with other nations in the area, Japan, Australia, South Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines.
I wonder how the American Pubic would react if a Aircraft Carrier with 5000 sailors and all those planes went to the bottom of the ocean, it would be a catastrophe.
Many people expect a naval war with China to be basically aimed at supply chains that are not close to China. They don’t seem good at power projection and have depended on the US to keep the sea lanes open. If the US decides to cut off their access to oil from the Middle East, resources from Africa, or food from wherever, China will be in real trouble. It would not be hard for us, and would not likely involve a lot of actual naval battles. China is heavily dependent on both import and export and they are vulnerable in this way.
“The war in Ukraine has shown how vulnerable warships can be, things like underwater drones, robotic jet skis loaded down with explosives, over the horizon anti-ship missiles, etc. have all made navy ships vulnerable.”
Do you have any tangible examples to back this up? especially since 99% of the “news” that we are hearing from “ukraine” is pure media propaganda. you know, like the groups of ukranian farmer peasants with pitchforks destroying columns of Russian tanks.........
You dont need “ukraine” to show us anything new under the sun. I would say the USS cole attack in 2000 is a great example of warship vulnerability...........I’m sure theres plenty more I’m not aware of.
US is very dependent on ships for transporting everything from oil to medical supplies.
If WW3 broke out, I think we’d find ourselves in a world of hurt if no ship is safe at sea.
“the US Navy could be very vulnerable trying to fight back in that situation, unless they combined forces with other nations in the area, Japan, Australia, South Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines.”
Bingo. This is more a job for a coalition not just one nation and it is closer to their backyard.