The U.S. Navy’s Big Mistake—Building Tons of Aircraft Carriers
The Pentagon behaves as if aircraft carriers will rule forever … they won’t.
One thing is certain, however. The aircraft carrier will not be the relevant weapon in the second half of the century. Continued overinvestment in them only ensures that the nations and possibly non-state groups that understand the future will be the ones that control the waves.
This article by David W. Wise originally appeared at War is Boring in 2015.
Image: Flickr / Official U.S. Navy Page