After the appearance of hypersonic missiles, known as "aircraft carrier killers", aircraft carriers have become a kind of laughing stock, and now, how much role can aircraft carriers play? Is there an alternative to aircraft carriers? The United States is not even an aircraft carrier, how can it fight?
Since the British aircraft carrier HMS Fury was commissioned in 1917, the history of aircraft carriers has been more than 100 years. Aircraft carriers were originally designed to help ** reconnaissance enemy fleets to this day. During World War II, Japan changed this view by combining multiple aircraft carriers into a single, longer-range, more powerful offensive force.
In this era, the strength of a battleship is directly proportional to its size, so Japan's aircraft carrier formation is a very powerful attack force.
On December 7, 1941, six Japanese aircraft carriers attacked Pearl Harbor, devaluing the U.S. Pacific Fleet in Hawaii, making it the world's most powerful naval force. Today, the aircraft carrier has been in service for more than 80 years, and there is no other ** that can replace it.
On 7 October, Hamas launched an attack on Israel, followed by another major war between Palestine and Israel, followed by the USS Ford, the most advanced US nuclear ship, sailed to the eastern Mediterranean, followed by the USS Eisenhower from the east coast of the United States to the heart of the Mediterranean, and then sailed to the Persian Gulf to start a war with Iran.
The arrival of two US aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean Sea shows that their aircraft carriers are still exerting their maximum power.
When the United States** encounters an emergency, the first thing to ask is:"Where are our aircraft carriers? "This illustrates the importance of aircraft carriers.
Although the United States has the world's largest aircraft carriers, accounting for almost half of the world's aircraft carriers, its comprehensive strength can reach 30 percent of the world's. The existence of US aircraft carriers is not only to make the United States a world power, but also to make the United States a world hegemon.
A country with aircraft carriers is not necessarily a maritime power, and a country without aircraft carriers cannot be called a maritime power!
Therefore, at this time, the United States is still irreplaceable, and if there is no aircraft carrier, then the position of the world's largest power will become very difficult. An aircraft carrier is vital to the United States, and the United States has become a superpower because of it.