U.S. Navy signal officers aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington guide an E-2C Hawkeye toward the flight deck during flight operations in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 5, 2012. The aircraft is assigned to Airborne Early Warning Squadron 115. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class William Pittman
Why Aircraft Carriers Sail On -- Dr. Robert Farley, The Diplomat
Have aircraft carriers become obsolete? Since 1949, analysts have argued that some combination of strategic bombers and cheap anti-shipping weapons have rendered the aircraft carrier a relic. The latest round in the conversation over the continued viability of aircraft carriers was spurred by Robert Haddick’s Foreign Policy column suggesting that improvements in long range strategic airpower and ballistic missile technology could render the carrier irrelevant.
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My Comment: I concur with this analysis. in peace time aircraft carriers play an indispensable role in showing the flag at the world's trouble spots, crucial in vital emergency and relief operations, and being able to project power and influence with our allies and against our adversaries. But in a real major war .... one hell of a big and juicy target.
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