French President Emmanuel Macron has announced plans to build a new aircraft carrier. The vessel will have the capacity for 30 fighter jets and 2,000 sailors.
It is good that defense spending is increasing, but is an aircraft carrier the right thing to spend money on? Without knowing much of the naval industry, military or military strategies it feels like an aircraft carrier takes a long time to build, cost lots of money and would not increase the defense capabilities much.
It is good that defense spending is increasing, but is an aircraft carrier the right thing to spend money on? Without knowing much of the naval industry, military or military strategies it feels like an aircraft carrier takes a long time to build, cost lots of money and would not increase the defense capabilities much.
Aircraft carriers are a meme in the current age. A missile or drone barrage will sink it easily.