A carrier cannot avoid openings simply because vacuum is dangerous: access, maintenance, and parasite-craft movement all require engineered boundaries. Seagoing ships likewise accept seawater intakes and moon-pool access despite the flooding hazard because their machinery and missions require them. Spacecraft may resemble submarines in enclosed three-dimensional operation, yet can mount a much broader range of weapons and systems. Surface ships, submarines, and aircraft illuminate different parts of the problem. Each analogy offers a partial lesson rather than a literal blueprint for space combat.
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Space warships need more than one earthly analogy
Spacecraft design must blend lessons from ships, submarines, and aircraft because no single earthly platform reproduces the full operating problem.