• IlIlIlIlIlIlIl [any]
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    3 years ago

    I am simply offering an alternate explanation for the building of aircraft carriers, nothing more. And the battleship wasn't obsolete - until it was.

    • BelovedOldFriend [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      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.