The last 20+ years have been marked by uninterrupted US interventionism in the middle east. These military invasions have not advanced US interests or the interests of peace and the region remains anti US and anti democratic even after trillions of dollars in military spending.
These military campaigns are largely facilitated by expensive nuclear aircraft carriers of which the US has more than all other nations on earth combined.
Aircraft carriers are purely offensive military equipment. For defense against china it is sufficient to utilize the airfields of neighbouring korea, japan and taiwan against China. In addition aircraft carriers cannot safely operate in russian territorial waters.
The only purpouse of nuclear carriers is for offensive operations in the middle east, which have proven to be an extremely extravagant waste of both lives and money.
In addition, unmanned combat aircraft and hyper sonic cruise missiles are coming into service which potentially render nuclear aircraft carriers obsolete. These weapon systems will certainly reach maturity within the next ten years, rendering useless any new aircraft carriers that might be constructed.
Given their limited usage in a defensive capacity and the complete and utter failure of military interventionist US foreign policy in the middle east this proposal hereby submits there is no future need for new nuclear aircraft carriers and that current numbers should be cut immediately for fiscal reasons and to encourage US strategic planners to step away from contemplating wasteful and senseless military action in the middle east.