r/dataisbeautiful • u/Data_digger1 • 3d ago

OC [OC] Comparing the combined GDPs of China and India to the US GDP at that time

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u/Primetime-Kani 3d ago

What country can afford not 1 super carrier battle group but a DOZEN of them?

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u/andyman744 3d ago

China.

The US has them but can't build them anymore.

EDIT this post is tongue in cheek. I'm well aware of the size difference of the fleets. Otoh look at the projections and that story is set to change by 2040s.

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u/Omegaprime02 3d ago

... CVN-79, the John F. Kennedy, is launching in 2027.

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u/Notallowedhe 2d ago

Shhh that goes against my agenda 😠

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u/probablyuntrue 3d ago

It’s too late, they’ve just stopped building, USA bad and forgot how to make them 😔

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u/Primetime-Kani 3d ago

Did the Ford class just fall from the sky to you? Also China doesn’t have 2 oceans on either side, they’ll match US navy in its backyard only by mid this century. But for global reach? Never!

All that manufacturing prowess just to hope in controlling their own region, and that’s their plan for the rest of our lifes.

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u/cerceei 3d ago

What do you mean by global reach? Is it just military power projection? Then yes, China doesn't have present or future plans to build 800 military bases around the world nor to be the world's police. But when it comes to economic power projection, China has reached every continent from middle Africa to South America to Mexico. They learned from the mistakes of USA same as they learned from the USSR.

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u/crimepais 3d ago

China can steal and copy. That's it.