76 - Are Aircraft Carriers Becoming Obsolete?
The Red Line
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Aircraft Carriers - The Defeat of a Major Power
In the event of an invasion in Taiwan, the US has a really tough decision to make. People will be calling on them to throw their carriers in to gain air supremacy over the Taiwan Strait. But as much as the Taiwanese will be calling for the US to throw in every carrier they have, it creates a moment of truth. In that moment, either the US saves Taiwan, gains control of the air and forever confines China to the first island chain, or the Chinese hypersonic missiles do their job, and the blink of an eye hit their targets. And the US loses multiple carriers in a single day,. tens of thousands of sailors, billions of dollars and decades of development are wasted in
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