We're the United States. Our focus is on air power. I don't see us getting rid of aircraft carriers any time soon.
I'm guessing that in a major war the aircraft carrier would be used a little different than it is these conflicts with tiny countries. When fighting a tiny country the carrier provides an effective strike force and can intimidate them by showing them we can build things that they don't have. If we were in a major war I think the carrier's main job would be to provide over water fighter escort for the wave after wave after wave of bombers emanating from our home soil.
We like our planes. And we keep a huge strategic oil reserve. In a major conflict, we won't use the nukes right away; we'll use our firebombs.
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