July 27, 2020,07:00pm EDT
Now South Korea’s Getting An Aircraft Carrier, Too
David Axe
South Korea reportedly plans to order 20 F-35B stealth jump jets, a strong signal that the South Korean navy is moving forward with development of a light aircraft carrier.
A carrier might seem like an odd, even unwise, investment for a country whose major threat—indeed, an existential threat—is a huge land army poised just 30 miles from its capital.
Experts have pointed out the usefulness of a carrier in long-range force-projection in the event South Korea chooses to push back against Chinese expansion and illegal fishing in the Yellow Sea.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2020/07/27/now-south-koreas-getting-an-aircraft-carrier-too/#35d8ed73f0b3
