[merrylander]

We currently have nine carrier groupd deployed where most nations have one , maybe two at most - or maybe none. Have you any idea what each group costs?

Plus the Chinese are developing a missile expressly for the purpose of taking out a carrier - anyone remember that destroyer that was taken out by an Exocet in the Gulf? Carriers are rapidly becoming obsolete, not due to age but technology. Never mind re-commisioning the old ones, Admiral ?? complained that the decks were too thin to support heavier modern aircraft. Might just as well piss the money down a rat hole.