T2k13, Another new carrier

[Targan]

Originally Posted by stormlion1

I love history and its easy to see the parallels to the Naval Arms Race of the early 1900's in this as a mix of pride, desire for raw materials, and plain ambition begin to take hold.

Well the US has by far the most powerful navy in the world, possibly more powerful than all of the world's other navies combined. Aside from global force projection, how do you characterise the reasons for that? Just curious.