Posted by G Price on January 14, 2025, 16:53:19, in reply to "Re: Like I said..."
Get sick of hearing oh we can get two or three small carriers for the price of one CV/CVN. This shows a total lack of understanding of cost drivers. Steel for large hulls is cheap. What puts the price up is, the radars, ECM, and weapons systems. These cost the same for a 40,000 ton carrier as on a 100,000 ton. They also take up a larger percent of the hull. If you don't fit the same levels of radar etc, then your smaller carrier won't last five minutes in a shooting war. Also they are inefficient in the use of aircraft maintenance crews. Then you have the situation over the airwing. Smaller wing will either be over whelmed or lack flexibility for different functions.