"A Look At The Fire Power That America's Future..." Topic

… Aircraft Carriers Will Have.

"Despite the proliferation of precision-guided ballistic and cruise missiles, aircraft carriers are far from obsolete.

That was the message Vice Admiral Mike Shoemaker, commander of Naval Air Forces, sought to deliver this week.

Writing in a commentary piece on DOD Buzz, Shoemaker argued that: "Today, more than ever, U.S. national interests require the speed, endurance, flexibility and autonomous nature of the U.S. Navy's nuclear powered aircraft carrier, which deploys, operates and is prepared to fight as part of a Carrier Strike Group (CSG)."…"
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Well we really didnt expect an Admiral to come out and say Aircraft Carriers are no longer useful on the modern battlefield and we should spend the billions of dollars on something that might actually win a war.

Aircraft carriers will continue to be useful dealing with the ~90% of earth within 1000nm of a coastline.

After all, as the situation with Turkey shows, you may not be able to secure land basing options. Carriers mean that you don't need the land basing options.