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{{quote|...contrary to the U.S. Navy's fervent belief, the aircraft carrier is no longer the capital ship. It ceded that role long ago to the submarine. [...]
About thirty years ago, my first boss [...] asked Admiral Hyman Rickover how long he thought the U.S. aircraft carriers would last in the war with the Soviet navy, which was largely a submarine navy. Rickover's answer, on the record in a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was, "About two days." The Committee, needless to say, went on to [[When All You Have Is a Hammer|approve buying more carriers]]. }}
*** To be fair, the main purpose of the US Navy is sea ''control'', which requires surface combatant units. Submarines are only useful for sea ''denial''. The main purpose of the Soviet navy was sea denial, hence their primary striking power being attack submarines.<ref>Sea control =
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