The threat posed by the chinese is not in platforms...yet. the military issue is their A2AD weapon systems and growing space and cyber architecture. Carriers are designed for power projection yes, but the chinese military complex is not designed to fight them head on. WW2 carrier battles will never be seen again. Long range missiles and overlapping sensors will keep out carriers at risk out to the 2nd island chain, maybe further, and effectively neutralized until those systems are degraded enough to be safe. The way of war is changing with technology and strategy. Ranking based on platforms, is legacy think with new enabling capabilities and systems that will change the scope of maneuver warfare. They have the advantage of mass (number of ships and platforms), proximity (SCS is their back yard), and preparation (civil/military coop and their Inyernational theft/proprietary information sharing has put them closer and easier onto the cutting edge of tech that's fielded fast to platforms). One of their shipyards out fits ships and submarines at a 3 to 1 rate compared to ALL our shipyards and they have 4. They are outpacing us in space launches and nearly everywhere. The US is too rigid and not designed for agile production and adaptation which made the battles of the Pacific in WW2 winnable. Now it's in our favor, but if nothing changes, we will reach parity and possibly fall irrevocably behind
The threat posed by the chinese is not in platforms...yet. the military issue is their A2AD weapon systems and growing space and cyber architecture. Carriers are designed for power projection yes, but the chinese military complex is not designed to fight them head on. WW2 carrier battles will never be seen again. Long range missiles and overlapping sensors will keep out carriers at risk out to the 2nd island chain, maybe further, and effectively neutralized until those systems are degraded enough to be safe. The way of war is changing with technology and strategy. Ranking based on platforms, is legacy think with new enabling capabilities and systems that will change the scope of maneuver warfare. They have the advantage of mass (number of ships and platforms), proximity (SCS is their back yard), and preparation (civil/military coop and their Inyernational theft/proprietary information sharing has put them closer and easier onto the cutting edge of tech that's fielded fast to platforms). One of their shipyards out fits ships and submarines at a 3 to 1 rate compared to ALL our shipyards and they have 4. They are outpacing us in space launches and nearly everywhere. The US is too rigid and not designed for agile production and adaptation which made the battles of the Pacific in WW2 winnable. Now it's in our favor, but if nothing changes, we will reach parity and possibly fall irrevocably behind