Wilson Beaver, and Robert Peters
It has become fashionable to argue that aircraft carriers are becoming obsolete. Critics question their value in an era of technological advancement, when new capabilities such as advanced autonomous systems and hypersonic missiles increasingly render the US Navy’s biggest and most prominent ships “too large and too slow” to evade missiles and drones.
They point to the Ukrainian sinking of the Russian missile cruiser Moskva to claim that American carriers would stand little chance of survival during a conflict with China. The US Navy, they insist, should instead invest in various experimental drones and autonomous surface vessels.
These critics, however, are comparing apples to oranges. They’re drawing conclusions far beyond the lessons of the war in Ukraine—conclusions that have no bearing on US military requirements in a potential conflict with China in the Pacific.
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