Do US super-carriers make sense anymore? The BBC goes on board one
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The USS Carl Vinson joins a naval exercise in the Pacific with Japan and France.
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Aircraft carriers can project sustained power over land by sea. Including supporting ground operations. Chinese are aware of counter measures against incoming projectile threats.

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It’s pretty clear that a carrier would never be allowed to get close enough to Chinese mainland to project much of anything in case of a conflict.

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