China bought hulls from Russia that Russia did not see the need for anymore. China just wants to sail around Taiwan and look cool. All the carrier does is make the nerds on it feel cool, if they had any idea how big and easy a target that they were they would jump off wherever they were. The carrier is as outdated as the battleship.Then why are India and China trying so hard to build them?Depending upon the adversary, the carrier was actually obsolete decades agoWith hypersonic missiles the satellites have no meaningGuess he doesn't understand that the second they disable OUR sats, we disable theirs. Really not that hard to figure out. it's tit for tat.LOL, it is possible to know when it's already too late to do anythingAs a former military man (ret) and coming from a LONG line of military men, I can say to you that you know better than that (or you should).OMG, STFU! In the age of satellites, there is no such thing as a surprise attack, dumbass!Since the offensive weapons systems are not loaded and unlocked the USA is defenseless against a surprise attack against a weapon traveling 2.7 miles per secondWhere is the guarantee anything moving that fast can hit the broad side of a barn? That's the key point where the Chinese and Russian suck!There is no way to shoot down a hypersonic sea skimming missile in a surprise attack as the weapons that will do the shooting are not kept loaded and unlocked, which is what they must be to shoot at a missile coming in at 1.7 miles per secondThe missiles are going hypersonic now. They are faster and faster. You shoot 20 of them and if only 1 gets through that at least slows down or stops the carrier from using their aircraft. In an all out war, they out mass produce us. So we better have a huge technology advantage. Perhaps those UFO's the military has been showing recently are our so called secret projects. Then they will be used to win the day before the war goes nuclear.I am reminded of General Billy Mitchell a early advocate of air power and when he demonstrated a Airplane could sink a Battleship he became very unpopular with the big boys and eventually he was courtmartialed.I haven't seen a demonstration that shows that China can knockout our aircraft carriers with missiles. Carrier groups have massive defenses against missile attacks.The main problem with it is the fact that using the Ski ramp for take off means they can carry no appreciable weapons load and even require a recuded fuel load. As a result, their fighters are almost useless.Their first aircraft carrier has problems. If you don't at first succeed, try and try, again. A long journey begins with the first step.They also have 3 aircraft carriers under construction and two completed and in service.So true and they are kicking our ass in just about every economic endeavor. We are watching the USA Empire slowly die before our eyes, thanks to our rapacious oligarchs and the politicians they own. Not necessarily a bad thing. A warlike empire needs termination.
Excellent column by Fred Reed.
A Dolorous Imbalance
Now R supporters commence Xiden comments and D supporters Putin/Trump are lovers comments, just like little naughty second graders.
Prototype of China’s 385 mph maglev train
Pingtang Bridge, recently opened. Well over a thousand feet high
“An almost entirely automated port in China, during unload of a container ship. “
It is not their 'fighters' we have to worry about....it is China's massive arsenal of missles....capable of destroying our Aircraft Carriers.
Carrier Woes: The Navy's fighters can't reach China
The biggest threat to America's Navy in the 21st century is the short fuel range of its fighters compared to hypersonic anti-ship weapons.www.sandboxx.us
Now today we see something very similar....those who cling to the importance of aircraft carriers even though it is known they are very vulnurable to missle attacks.
Billy Mitchell - Wikipedia
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For every NRO Sat Station In space, both the Russians and the ChiCom have the capability to disable them from the ground - exactly as we can with theirs. It's the 21st century, Admiral.
Never a truer sentiment was expressed that "For every action, there is an opposite and equal reaction ".
Take for example our "stealth" fighters. Look at the Chinese opposite. Looks EXACTLY like ours. Helps prevent MADD.....
Disabling our satellites is an act of war, dumbass! I think we would know!
The Aircraft Carrier Is In Danger Of Becoming the Next Battleship (As in Obsolete)
Against any near-peer adversary, aircraft carriers are far too vulnerable to be of much use.nationalinterest.org