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Originally Posted by Captain Blood
Well put, but the Queen Elizabeth carrier I believe also has ski jump ramps
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Yes, and they have waffled on fitting catapults and arrestors hoping UAVs are the near future. But lets be honest here, is anyone really considering the Royal Navy a superpower anymore? Really its the US. Im not saying its a good thing we outclass everyone's military 10x over but we basically do in everything but sheer (conceptual) manpower.
Unless they are prepared to use nukes China just isnt anywhere near the military superpower people seem to want to frame them as. Their soft power skills though are quite good. But I think even they know, now seeing how badly their arms supplier is doing, their stick isnt nearly as big as they thought and invading a sovereign nation with an organized defense. One that is wealthy and across water. China would need to move a lot of ass via boat in open water against a country that can afford top flight anti-ship and coastal defenses. The losses for China in an invasion would be huge.