The land-warfare discussion leads to a naval point about the decisive value of range. Aircraft carriers remain useful because they move an air base and its aircraft closer to a target rather than relying on a fixed launch site. Even the arrival of hypersonic missiles does not remove that advantage if similar weapons can be carried and launched by carrier aircraft. The comparison gives viewers a compact strategic reason why carrier debates cannot be settled by missile speed alone.
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Why carrier range still matters
A naval aside connects artillery range at Kursk to the aircraft carrier's continuing value as a mobile air base.