Comments by "Diana Pennepacker" (@dianapennepacker6854) on "Chinese navy exploding in numbers: More ships AND tonnage than US Navy?" video.

  1. Super Carriers might become a liability if we don't improve our missile defense technology and get the stand off distance we need. That means 10MW lasers and the new FAXX with the improved stand off missiles they are developing. Super Carriers are massive and while I don't think China has the capability to easily sink one on a war footing at the moment? They eventually will get their kill chain down for their missiles and perfect it. Even though carriers are still one of fastest military ships moving in 3d space and their top burst speed is classified? Missile technology is catching up where they won't even need GPS or a laser to hit one. Making a few hundred hypersonic missiles to launch at a single super carrier is well worth the cost. Even if we could pump out ten super carriers a year? You still need to recruit and train the 5 to 6 THOUSAND crew to operate it... Many jobs like those with the nuclear reactor just can't easily be trained. The destruction of one super carrier and it's air wing would be an absolute disaster. The thing about land based missiles? They can be as big as they want and so they will always have the benefit of range.
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