Lots of people in the pacific and the Indian oceans have airplane carriers or might end up wanting one.
Are there though? First of all, we’re only talking small carriers here, so 30-40 planes max (the US are the only nation with super carriers). In the Indian Ocean there are … three. Two Indian ones and one Thai (but that one only operates helicopters). Another 2 Japanese (stretching Indian ocean a bit … also they already bought US planes).
So no, I don’t think it’s a a very interesting export selling point.
Edit: Forgot Australia, still doesn’t change the point.
australia has our head so far up the US’s ass that we’ll probably take some non functional mock ups of F-35s, pay full price, and thank them for also not delivering the submarines we agreed on and paid for and call it a day
I guess I know what you mean, though I wouldn’t quite put it like that.
Australia is a giant island with a tiny navy, so you almost completely rely on the US for deterrence and protection of your sovereign water. That gives the US a lot of leverage on arms-deals. It’s also pretty much the reason Australia has joined every single US incursion into the middle east with boots on the ground.
It’s more like the US has you by the balls instead of your head being up their ass.
Are there though? First of all, we’re only talking small carriers here, so 30-40 planes max (the US are the only nation with super carriers). In the Indian Ocean there are … three. Two Indian ones and one Thai (but that one only operates helicopters). Another 2 Japanese (stretching Indian ocean a bit … also they already bought US planes).
So no, I don’t think it’s a a very interesting export selling point.
Edit: Forgot Australia, still doesn’t change the point.
australia has our head so far up the US’s ass that we’ll probably take some non functional mock ups of F-35s, pay full price, and thank them for also not delivering the submarines we agreed on and paid for and call it a day
I guess I know what you mean, though I wouldn’t quite put it like that.
Australia is a giant island with a tiny navy, so you almost completely rely on the US for deterrence and protection of your sovereign water. That gives the US a lot of leverage on arms-deals. It’s also pretty much the reason Australia has joined every single US incursion into the middle east with boots on the ground.
It’s more like the US has you by the balls instead of your head being up their ass.
yeah that’s pretty fair. i often argue pretty similar with context