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Re:The U.S. Navy’s Big Mistake: Building Tons of Supercarriers by bayesian_horse on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @08:32AM (#11901558)
It's increasingly likely that Russia or China may fight a war with the US outside their traditional borders. For example in the South China Sea. It would be conceivable that a conflict there would stay "sub-nuclear", as neither nation's home territory is threatened.
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Re:The U.S. Navy’s Big Mistake: Building Tons of Supercarriers by akshatpradhan on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @09:09AM (#11901756)
Or research money will be poured into an Iron Dome[1] for Carriers.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome

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Re:The U.S. Navy’s Big Mistake: Building Tons of Supercarriers by ckozlowski on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @09:37AM (#11901923)
In this case, it's the BMD component of the Aegis system. SM-6 is specifically designed for this mission.
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Re:The U.S. Navy’s Big Mistake: Building Tons of Supercarriers by bitL on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @09:36AM (#11901920)
Supercavitating torpedos won't be affected.
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