Look what plague did to ancient Athens.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/china-should-fear-coronavirus-look-what-plague-did-ancient-athens-121751

Maybe not; battleships never lost their value, but no one advocates building new ones either –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/are-us-navys-new-aircraft-carriers-worth-cost-oid-battleships-might-give-us-clue-119656

Let’s hope so.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-navys-littoral-combat-ship-successful-catastrophe-117311

. . . in the U.S. Navy. Sort of –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/2020-really-1940-us-navy-115096

. . . China’s George Washington.

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2020/january/deng-xiaoping-was-chinas-george-washington

. . . in the Western Pacific today –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-navy-going-fight-world-war-i-against-china-112941

Not in a big way –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-east-watch/why-us-iran-war-isnt-going-happen-111211

No. And yes!

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/does-china-really-need-aircraft-carriers-109931

 

. . . in the Andaman Sea –

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/475837-india-hoists-a-metal-chain-in-the-indian-ocean

Yes, but it would cost us –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-watch/what-if-trump-ordered-naval-blockade-north-korea-107781