Re:How to Build 300k Airplanes in Five Years
by DeathArrow on Friday May 24, 2024 @02:43AM
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>I suppose because you want to have more ships to store your nuclear armed planes in more places around the world.
Why? ICBMs are good enough and much cheaper. Also, launching missiles from submarines can be very effective.
Re:How to Build 300k Airplanes in Five Years
by thriftwy on Friday May 24, 2024 @02:38AM
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> the counter strike would be immediate and an order of magnitude more devastating.
The thing is, not many things in the world cost more than an aircraft carrier. What's you're going to blow up? Also, how, short of strategic nuclear war.
Re:How to Build 300k Airplanes in Five Years
by anigbrowl on Friday May 24, 2024 @11:35PM
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Quite. It's hard to see retaliation against a civilian target in a direct response to a military loss, and if an aircraft carrier is sunk in theater there might not be sufficient capacity to respond immediately against military targets.
Everyone gave up on putting nukes on planes: too vulnerable, and quite capable of crashing on their own during routine operations. They're all on ICBMs.
I suppose because you want to have more ships to store your nuclear armed planes in more places around the world. Speed.
Honestly (and unfortunately) if anyone actually did destroy a US aircraft carrier, the counter strike would be immediate and an order of magnitude more devastating.