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by WastingMyTime89 1398 days ago
There is no question that a modern offensive submarine could sink a carrier. Theoretically a carrier group should be able to detect it but it’s a very real threat.

The exemple you give for the relevance of carrier is not a symmetric conflict. Thankfully the equipment available to the Islamic State was garbage compared to what a modern army can do.

In a conflict between for exemple the US and China, carriers would be useless. They would probably be amongst the first things to be targeted.