TheImmortal
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What makes carriers and supercarriers so valuable is they are VERY hard to sink. Even when carriers reach the end of their life and are gutted to make them into coral reef for marine life it has to be a controlled demolition to sink it reliabily.
Now don’t confuse unsinkable with inoperable. A carrier can be made inoperable with a concerted effort or a lucky strike at a sensitive point….although it still probably won’t sink.
My point here is if you take a civilian tanker and convert it to launch drones, but do not physically improve the superstructure to guard against sinking then this will sink just as easily as a normal tanker.
Which means this will need a fleet of ships to protect it (Solemani class) alongside some considerable self defenses of its own.
While a traditional carrier can likely take a few hits from a normal CM, this will not be able to take a single one without severe damage.
Now don’t confuse unsinkable with inoperable. A carrier can be made inoperable with a concerted effort or a lucky strike at a sensitive point….although it still probably won’t sink.
My point here is if you take a civilian tanker and convert it to launch drones, but do not physically improve the superstructure to guard against sinking then this will sink just as easily as a normal tanker.
Which means this will need a fleet of ships to protect it (Solemani class) alongside some considerable self defenses of its own.
While a traditional carrier can likely take a few hits from a normal CM, this will not be able to take a single one without severe damage.