Guys guys... This is just a opinion of mine... No need to get so
worked up... In my point of view in modern warfares, aircraft
carriers are the "rulers" of the seas... No doubt it cause a bomb
to construct it, it also requires a huge amt. of manpower to sail
her out to allow her operations to be a success... That I can
understand... But what makes me feel awkward is, a navy w/o
battleships?? That's ridiculous... Come on... I consider at least
battleships presence in most navy... Since during the last world
war, Japan has built 2 greatest battleships in the world, one named
Yamato and the other named Musashi... Although the defeat of Japan
in the Battle of Midway, IJN continued to construct more
battleships and aircraft carriers in the upcoming battles despite
the shortage of resources...
Ask a silly question and some people will jump at you while
others will give you enough rope ... to hang yourself maybe. ;)
As per the answers you got, times have moved on. With
regards to your comment
"But what makes me feel awkward is, a navy w/o
battleships??"
do take a minute to consider the following questions:
i) Did any Battleship actually (and directly) sink another
Battleship during WW2 in the PTO?
ii) When was the last time anyone built a Battleship?
iii) When was the last time anyone built a Guns only capital
ship or large ship >10,000 tons.
iv) Name me a Navy in the world today with an operational and
active Battleship.
Treat the above as research topics and it'll help you
answer your questions.
With regards to Aircraft Carriers, understand that they exist
solely for force projection ... for when you absolutely need to
have an airfield and an airforce right up someone's nose a few
thousand kilometres away from your nearest shore.
Why would we need something like this? Do we have
aspirations over the Spratlys'? Do we wish to take back
Christmas Island? Do we wish to sail up the Taiwan Straits to
send a message to China/Taiwan to cease and desist?
Our area of operations for the RSN is pretty much in our own
neighbourhood. As such ,the RSN will be operating within the
range of the RSAF (with KC-135 support) ... in that sense,
Singapore is our Aircraft Carrier lah ... ;)
