The discussion argues that defence spending remains necessary because states cannot assume every actor will remain peaceful. Soviet naval aviation repeatedly sought alternatives to carriers, yet the Soviet Navy eventually moved toward building carriers because the operational need persisted. Claims that carriers are obsolete have recurred since the 1920s even though available carriers have remained useful in later wars. None of that makes a carrier invulnerable: people, systems, and luck can all fail despite layered protection. The sound comparison is therefore between missions, probabilities, and alternatives rather than between an imagined perfect platform and one that can be hit.
Notable Point · 3:00:13-3:02:24
Defence systems manage risk rather than become invulnerable
Armed forces and aircraft carriers are justified by the risks they manage, not by a promise that any platform will be impossible to defeat.