The Era of the Aircraft Carrier Is About to End

[rangerrebew]

The Era of the Aircraft Carrier Is About to End
 
© The U.S. Navy Gerald R. Ford–class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 4 June 2020, marking the first time a Gerald R. Ford–class and a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier operated together underway.
For the better part of a century, nothing has projected American power more effectively than the aircraft carrier.

A 100,000-ton behemoth of sovereign U.S. territory, capable of launching a more powerful air force than most nations possess, the supercarrier has been the undisputed king of the seas.


It is the centerpiece of our naval strategy, the first asset sent to any global crisis, and the ultimate symbol of our military might.

The Aircraft Carrier Era Is Over
But what if the king is now vulnerable?

What if a weapon exists that can turn our most powerful asset into our most catastrophic liability?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-era-of-the-aircraft-carrier-is-about-to-end/ar-AA1L5Wst?ocid=widgetonlockscreen&cvid=a19e5b9b97184bac8d0a7ae29bd196e4&ei=204

[rangerrebew]

I felt it was on its way out, or should have been, when I served aboard one over 50 years ago.

[Fishrrman]

The carriers may indeed be nearing "the end of their era".

But NOBODY with any influence wants to be the one to make the decision to begin taking them out of commission...

[Cyber Liberty]

I don't think so.  According to the article the reason to get rid of them is because threats to Carriers are being developed.  Their task of denying air superiority to enemies is too important, and until we have a better weapon than fighter jets, we need to keep them and beef up the defensive capabilities of the Carrier groups that sail in support of them to handle the threats.  Aircraft Carriers never sail alone.

[DB]

I don't think so.  According to the article the reason to get rid of them is because threats to Carriers are being developed.  Their task of denying air superiority to enemies is too important, and until we have a better weapon than fighter jets, we need to keep them and beef up the defensive capabilities of the Carrier groups that sail in support of them to handle the threats.  Aircraft Carriers never sail alone.

Against a third world country they are very useful.

Otherwise, an overwhelming swarm of modern weapons on essentially a fixed platform that can't hide has to be nearly impossible to protect.

[rustynail]

Going to do them like Roosevelt did the battleships?