Why do the other countries take years to build one aircraft carrier while America has built 78 over the years?
Many users, like Glenn Girona, already gave very good answers, but they seems to miss the main point: sure thing, building a fleet or even many fleets of aircraft carriers is expensive, difficult and requires a lot of naval knowledge and shipbuilding experience many other countries simply lack. But what I think is the main reason for the Americans having so many aircraft carriers is that the United States is simply the only military superpower which actually NEEDS many aircraft carriers. Let me explain.What is aircraft carrier’s main purpose? Power-projection.It was during World War II that aircraft carrier’s purpose slowly shifted from air support and reconnaissance to the most effective way to strike a distant enemy with heavy ordnance. While battleships may look great and certainly can deliver a strong punch at short range, they are very expensive due to their thick armor and very slow too, for the same reason. Their destruction capability is also limited to their gun’s range.Aircraft carriers are lighter, faster and can deploy an high number of war planes in a pretty short period of time. With the advent of nuclear propulsion and jet engines their range increased greatly, making the aircraft carriers the best mean to project military power far from homeland. As the US military doesn’t like to have their soldiers fighting without first achieving air superiority in the enemy’s airspace, aircraft carrier were always the first weapon of choice when the US decided to invade and occupy, say, Vietnam or Syria.Who is willing to build such an expensive weapon? A military superpower.Only a military giant would be willing to devote a substantial proportion of its defense budget in building an aircraft carriers, or many of them (and then you have France and Italy, which are so corrupted which built some carriers only for lobbying). Which are the only military superpower today? The United States, Russia, China and India. Which of these is separated from its possible enemies by the sea? Only the US.While Russia, China and India can afford to build aircraft carriers - as a matter of fact China has been making developments in this direction - the United States is the only military superpower which actually needs aircraft carriers’ power projection in order to wage war on its enemies.
Realistically, how powerful is a US carrier battle group? What does it consist of? What would be required to defeat one?
Realistically? Really? Is there any other National Security information we can provide you with - besides how to defeat one of our carrier battle groups Mister Kim Jong Un?STOP asking for Classified/Intelligence information on the internet!
The causes of the bombing of pearl harbor?
Imperial Japan was bent on expansion and we knew it. They needed resources to fuel their war machine and unfortunately the Japanese Islands don't provide enough so the they had to look elsewhere. One of the places they had their eye on was the Philippine Islands which at the time was an American colony. Japan saw America as their biggest obstacle in their plans to dominate Southeast Asia. When the U.S. Navy transferred the Pacific Fleet from San Diego to Pearl Harbor to better counter the threat of Japanese expansionism the Japanese figured war was was inevitable they devised a quick plan to counter America's threat to their plans. By destroying the American carrier fleet based at Pearl Harbor they figured they'd have roughly a year before American can rebuild. That would give the Japanese plenty of time to set up a good solid defensive perimeter, hopefully solid enough that we'd try and negotiate a peaceful settlement. Problem was the American carrier fleet wasn't at Pearl Harbor and less than 6 months later the American carrier fleet decimated the Japanese carrier fleet at Midway Island. Japan won the battle at Pearl Harbor but inevitably lost the war.
Why did Japan enter World War II?
Japan's industries need raw materials, but it's natural resources are nil. She had to import iron scrap and petroleum from U S A. The nearest country which has vast resources was China. However English, French and Duch monopolised exploitation, and vast areas were under the rule of their governments. So Japan occupied Manchuria. In the process vast stretches of China was occupied.To maintain occupational force they need more material, steel and fuel were very much necessary. In this context Japan's line of thinking was that while she was being starved of fuel and raw materials, companies of far of countries are getting the same dam cheap by exploiting vast resources.By the same time Nazis rose to power in Germany and by 1941 - 42 they successfully defeated France remains unstoppable. So the powers that were ruling some Asian countries themselves were defeated. This, Japan thought was the right time to join hands with victorious forces, viz. Nazi Germany and Italy.These developments troubled US. They told Japan to stop aggression on China and announced halt of iron scrap.This infuriated the Japanese government, headed by Tojo, a military general. As the Europe was in turmoil, the attention of US diverted to help UK, it was the right time to destroy American naval ships and air craft carriers at Pearl Harbor in a surprise attack.On the face of it Japanese are in serious discussions with American Government. But Tojo covertly planned a surprise attack. This they did in December.But the attack did not yield desired results as US Air craft carriers were not there.As the American industrial might is is several times of Japanese, eventually they won the war. However a small Asian nation stunned the most powerful nation writing a day of infamy in it's history.
Why did pearl harbor happen?
who was involved? important dates? why is this date important? those of you who think i'm cheating, i just want to learn about pearl harbor because it's so interesting.