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An American carrier represents about the 15th largest airforce in the world
Each carrier has the capability to deliver, to anywhere on the planet, a larger strike airforce than most countries. That is the purpose of a carrier group. They are hardly 'targets', what they are is a self contained battle group that can operate anywhere and do for the most part, any role. India, which is spending billions to refurbish 2 Russian and one British carrier would beg to differ that they serve no role for a nation with thousands of miles of coastline and which borders many unfriendly countries with ballistic missile and nuclear capabilities.