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January 10, 2019

In 2005, the U.S. Navy Tried to Sink One of Its Old Aircraft Carriers. It Wasn't Easy.

China should learn from this.
by David Axe


A Chinese admiral and pundit told a trade-show audience that Beijing could resolve China's territorial disputes by sinking two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and killing thousands of American sailors.

Rear Adm. Lou Yuan's threat isn't an empty one. The Chinese military has deployed an array of weaponry that it acquired specifically to target American flattops.

But a U.S. Navy test in 2005 proved that even if you hit them, carriers are really hard to sink.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/2005-us-navy-tried-sink-one-its-old-aircraft-carriers-it-wasnt-easy-41132