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Originally Posted by gunnut
Yeah but China also has a huge overhead to pay for. A huge GDP doesn't automatically translate into a flush coffer for the military.
A single carrier does not a superpower make. The Royal Navy will have 2 60kt carriers along with Type 45 escorts ready in the next 10 years. Even then it won't be a super power. Merely a partial global force.
PLAN with the addition of a carrier group and amphibious group would be at most Rank 3 or Rank 4. It would still take a lot of mondernisation and training to reach Rank 2.
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Good system. Wouldn't Spain and Italy fit into Category 3 as well? They have their own Light carriers for sea control, with escorts and I believe a reasonable support capability. At the very least they beat our Navy.
And out of Curiosity, where do people think the USSR Navy ranked? To me it's hard to call beause they had such a purpose-built Force, divided between killing American carriers, protecting their Submarine 'bastions' and protecting their territorial waters. They also had to divide between three Oceans and two Seas. Anyway what do you lot reckon?