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Re:Powering the Lunar Base by pirate787 on Saturday August 07, 2021 @06:41PM (#28102529)
Except that aircraft carriers are obsolete-- sitting ducks that will be sunk by long range guided missiles within hours of the next Great Power conflict. Submarine carriers with fleets of drones are the obvious replacement.
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Re:Powering the Lunar Base by ethbr0 on Saturday August 07, 2021 @09:36PM (#28103491)
So your solution for an expensive surface vessel is an even more expensive subsurface vessel that does the same thing?
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Re:Powering the Lunar Base by reissbaker on Saturday August 07, 2021 @11:27PM (#28103991)
A true life-or-death Great Power conflict will likely end human civilization, regardless of who wins, due to nuclear weaponry. Why bother trying to win a war that everyone is bound to lose? Until then, submarine carriers are a lot more expensive.
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Re:Powering the Lunar Base by ren_engineer on Sunday August 08, 2021 @12:16AM (#28104167)
you are proving the point that aircraft carriers are useless for anything other than bullying 3rd world nations
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Re:Powering the Lunar Base by njarboe on Sunday August 08, 2021 @02:05AM (#28104555)
More like useless against counties that have nuclear weapons. There are probably only nine[1] of those.

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

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