wait aircraft carriers actually have nuclear reactors built in lmao

@lizzy most do yeah, they’re all over the place and if war breaks out sailing all the way back to the home country would be miserable.

@lizzy these things are the size of a building you need a lot of power to move it around

@lizzy genuinely interested in any alternative energy sources they could presumably use :)

@ada @lizzy the US has carriers all over the place, and if war breaks out with the US it's all over the place in the first place

@chjara @lizzy yeah but the US isn’t the only one that does this, they’re just the biggest user of it. same thought concept applies though.

@ada @lizzy china has a few carriers as well and they're all close to their waters, sounds like a skill issue

@chjara @lizzy though for others it’s usually DDGs and not carriers

@lizzy someone basically went “well if it works for subs (not those) then surely it works for tops (not those)”

@ada @lizzy nuclear powered subs and tops

@chjara @lizzy us military target: china. distance: 11.3Mm

china military target: taiwan. distance: 2Mm