dermedicus,
Maybe you have a point. Given the number of countries able to actually threaten an aircraft carrier is so low that not even the USA has bumped into one in the last 67 years, perhaps we should conclude that the risk isn't as high as some suggest.
I go back to a point I have tried to make before. Why is it that the carrier detractors always pick worst case scenarios to show how vulnerable carriers are...but never do the same for any other system?
If Typhoon was a carrier the recent flight of a Chinese Gen 5 fighter would have us all baying for an immediate cancellation of the project. If Challenger was a carrier we wouldn't have built it because the A-10 existed. If Lossie, Marham or Brize were carriers we'd mothball the lot because of the TLAM threat...you get the point.
