Agreed Gun.To look at things realistically if you are going to have a Blue water Navy you must have atleast two carriers afloat. Really you should have three..One to cover while one under refit etc. But no less then two. France appears likely to be able to pull this off in the not so distant future as well as a few other countries that should atleast field one in the next 10 years. It will be interesting to re evaluate this in the next five years.
Russia is not considered in this because they currently field atleast one good carrier (Kustanov) but several exceptional subs.
YouTube - Warships on Google Earth
Google earth link for locating certain class warships. Note it is only as good as the date researched. Just for fun.
