Why U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Are Irreplaceable

[rangerrebew]

Why U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Are Irreplaceable

BySarah WhitePublished3 days ago
 
Why America Has No Viable Alternative To Aircraft Carriers: There is a school of thought in academic circles that aircraft carriers may soon become obsolete due to the nature of the threat posed by China. The long-range reconnaissance systems and missiles being developed by the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) are believed to be accurate and destructive enough to disable an aircraft carrier, and taking out even one of them would have a devastating effect on the U.S. defense posture in the Pacific theater. Thus, continuing to develop new aircraft carriers has been seen by some as a situation of “too many eggs in one basket.”
 
Aircraft Carriers Have a Future
But where this argument breaks down is when the available alternatives are considered. What other option does the Navy have than what an aircraft carrier essentially is, a floating, mobile air base? Where are the better options?

Because the Navy is not dependent on land bases, it is not vulnerable to attack the same way the Air Force would be. Along with allowing the Navy not to be tied to land bases, aircraft carriers play a role that a fleet of smaller ships could never fulfill, at least for the foreseeable future. Here are a few reasons that their role is so indispensable.

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/10/why-u-s-navy-aircraft-carriers-are-irreplaceable/

[rangerrebew]

Nice propaganda piece but hardly true.  Nothing is irreplaceable, even humans.

[sneakypete]

Uhhhhh,lemme guess.

Kood hit be cause dey carry those jet fighter/bomber thingees?

[sneakypete]

Because the Navy is not dependent on land bases,

A complete and utter fallacy.

Naval ships spend a large part of their "lives" in one port or another,getting everything from fresh groceries to complete system overhauls. It is not unusual for a ship like a carrier to spend more than a year at a time in drydock getting new paint and other repairs.

Whoever wrote that brainfart doesn't seem to be in touch with reality. Ships are mechanical objects,and mechanical objects need to be maintained and reapaired,and this is especially true of mechanical objects that operate in salt water.

[Fishrrman]

Title and presumption:
"America Has No Viable Alternative To Aircraft Carriers..."

Then I sense that any REAL war, most likely with the Chinese, could be over VERY quickly, or go nuclear quickly.

Because those carriers are gonna disappear pretty quickly as well, likely in small mushroom clouds.