You fundamentally agree with what I've said when you say this. It is not yet---or at least has not yet been proven to be---obsolete. Claims of the death of the carrier as a concept are premature.
I think China is not really in a place where it can afford to develop and build such a large, expensive status symbol if that status symbol was not also thought to be an effective tool for defense.
You fundamentally agree with what I've said when you say this. It is not yet---or at least has not yet been proven to be---obsolete. Claims of the death of the carrier as a concept are premature.
I am simply offering an alternate explanation for the building of aircraft carriers, nothing more. And the battleship wasn't obsolete - until it was.
Fair.
I think China is not really in a place where it can afford to develop and build such a large, expensive status symbol if that status symbol was not also thought to be an effective tool for defense.