Naval experts: China's hypersonic missiles make US aircraft carriers obsolete

Video - Naval experts: China's hypersonic missiles make US aircraft carriers obsolete now afraid to enter 1st Island Chain 海軍專家：中國高超音速飛彈讓美國航空母艦過時 現在不敢進入第一島鏈

Leading naval authorities are gravely concerned that advances in hypersonic missile technology leave US aircraft carriers vulnerable in the event of conflict.

The sinking of the Moskva, Russia's flagship Black Sea vessel, by cruise missiles fired from the Ukraine was a strong warning to surface fleets across the world, especially the US.

The staggering costs of aircraft carriers have long concerned officials who their usefulness. Now China's ability to track carrier groups in real time, coupled with China's strategy of swarming enemy forces with low-cost supersonic missiles and drones, now make carriers a liability, and commanders would likely be reluctant to expose them in battle.

主要海軍當局嚴重擔心高超音速飛彈技術的進步使美國航空母艦在衝突時變得脆弱。

俄羅斯黑海旗艦「莫斯科號」被烏克蘭發射的巡航飛彈擊沉，這對世界各地的水面艦隊，特別是美國來說是一個強烈警告。

航空母艦的驚人成本長期以來一直讓官員們擔心其用途。現在，中國即時追蹤航母編隊的能力，加上中國用低成本超音速飛彈和無人機蜂擁而至的戰略，使得航母成為一種負擔，指揮官可能不願意在戰鬥中暴露它們