Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by brlewis 2549 days ago
> China is currently constructing 2 new aircraft carriers (they have 1)

Could this be in response to the U.S. having 11? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_U...

Two of which are in the Pacific now? https://www.navy.mil/navydata/nav_legacy.asp?id=146

1 comments

>Could this be in response to the U.S. having 11?

Or could it be in response to them being very effective platforms for patrolling territorial waters and even providing cover for coastal regions? And because China has 9,010 miles of coast?