When Sembo — a toy firm based in south China’s Guangdong province — launched a model of the aircraft carrier “Shandong” in 2020, the company’s annual sales reportedly jumped 30%. “Based on online ...

In modern times, the aircraft carrier is one of the most important pieces of military equipment that a nation can field.

If the primary goal of the US military is deterrence, aircraft carriers still perform that job well. It is one thing to have the ability to take down an aircraft carrier and quite another to do it.