Aircraft Carriers in the Indo-Pacific : Enduring Value

Aircraft carriers are admittedly vulnerable to a number of weapons, increasingly hypersonic missiles. However, their value in a variety of scenarios greatly outweighs their vulnerabilities, and for these reasons Indo-Pacific navies are redoubling their efforts to acquire fixed-wing aircraft carriers...

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Main Author: Bitzinger, Richard A.
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87645
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49886
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Aircraft carriers are admittedly vulnerable to a number of weapons, increasingly hypersonic missiles. However, their value in a variety of scenarios greatly outweighs their vulnerabilities, and for these reasons Indo-Pacific navies are redoubling their efforts to acquire fixed-wing aircraft carriers.