Untethered By Allegiance To Past Precedent. Can The Aircraft Carrier Survive The 21st Century?
3 Pages Posted: 24 Nov 2021
Date Written: September 27, 2021
Abstract
With all of this innovation, the original purpose of expanding the visual battlefield and projecting air power great distances offshore has remained. However, as we progress in the 21st century with increasingly less secure open-ocean waterways for transit and new subversive abilities for countries to export power, can this original mission of the carrier justify its continued existence? After having the fortunate opportunity to interview retired Rear Admiral Scott Sanders. Sanders is a 1980 Naval Academy graduate and 33-year naval officer who specialized in Naval Aviation on the state of the aircraft carrier, I reflected on how the carrier’s role will have to change in the near future.
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