As a fortress on the sea, aircraft carriers are currently the largest and most powerful in the world. It is a symbol of a country's comprehensive national strength and national defense strength, and occupies an important position in the modern navy.
Among the more than 200 countries and regions in the world, only 9 countries have aircraft carriers, with a total of 24 aircraft carriers.
They are the United States, China, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, India, Japan, Italy and Thailand.
The United States has 11 aircraft carriers, all of which are large aircraft carriers of more than 10 tons, of which 10 are Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers with a displacement of 100,000 tons, and 1 newly built Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with a displacement of 110,000 tons.
China has two aircraft carriers in service, the Liaoning and Shandong, and one aircraft carrier under construction, the Fujian, with a displacement of 6-80,000 tons.
Britain has two Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers with a displacement of 60,000 tons.
India has two Vikrant-class aircraft carriers with a displacement of 450,000 tons.
Russia has an aircraft carrier USS Kuznetsov with a displacement of 550,000 tons.
France has an aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle with a displacement of 450,000 tons.
Italy has an aircraft carrier USS Cavour with a displacement of 40,000 tons.
Thailand owns a Chakri. The aircraft carrier Nalubeck has a displacement of 30,000 tons.
Japan's two Izumo-class amphibious assault aircraft ships have been converted into F-35B fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing, becoming aircraft carriers in the literal sense of the word, with a displacement of 30,000 tons.
In addition, amphibious assault ships are usually regarded as "quasi-aircraft carriers", and there are currently 10 countries equipped with amphibious assault ships, namely the United States, China, Spain, Australia, France, Egypt, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, and Turkey. Usually amphibious assault ships are equipped with *** and can also be equipped with vertical take-off and landing aircraft. Currently, only American and Japanese amphibious assault ships are equipped with vertical take-off and landing F35 fighters. The number of "quasi-aircraft carriers" in the world is 26. 9 ships from the United States, 4 ships from Australia, 3 ships from China, 3 ships from France, 2 ships from Japan, 2 ships from South Korea, and one each from Brazil, Turkey, and Spain.
It can be seen from this that the United States is very powerful, and all the 100,000-ton aircraft carriers belong to the United States, and each aircraft carrier is equipped with 70 fighters, and there are more than 1,200 aircraft carrier-based aircraft alone, which exceeds the number of equipped fighters of the absolute majority of countries in the world. In addition, each aircraft carrier is equipped with destroyers and frigates, and the aircraft carrier battle group formed basically crushes the world without pressure.
China and Great Britain are in the second echelon and have large aircraft carriers (displacement 60,000 tons). At present, only the United States and France have nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.
The rest have small and medium-sized aircraft carriers, and their number is limited, and it is simply impossible to confront the United States.
As the top **, the cost of aircraft carriers is extremely amazing, it takes $30 billion to build an aircraft carrier, another $20 billion to equip fighters, and $30 billion to configure a battle group. This is just the cost of production, operation, use and maintenance at least $5 billion per year, which is obviously not something that ordinary countries can afford to play.
Even the United States is overwhelmed, the actual sortie rate of the 11 aircraft carriers currently in service is about 30%, and the United States has eliminated backward aircraft carriers and installed new Ford-class aircraft carriers, and the number of equipment is expected to be reduced.