China's Missiles Now Outrange America's Aircraft Carriers. The U.S. Navy Is ... - 19FortyFive
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China's missiles now outrange U.S. carrier jets — two years of Red Sea combat showed cheap drones can gut a fleet before it gets close enough to strike back.
Power Projection TheoryAnti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD)Offense-Defense BalanceTechnological Disruption
Theory Briefing
- Two years of Red Sea combat tested carrier doctrine under real fire, not war-game assumptions.
- Cheap drones proved capable of attriting a fleet before it enters its own strike range.
- China's missiles reportedly outrange the aircraft carried on U.S. carriers, flipping the classic power-projection equation.
- The U.S. Navy now faces pressure to rethink a carrier-centric strategy built around Cold War-era reach.