美国智库哈德逊研究所于2015年10月发表名为《厉兵秣马:航空母舰、联合部队和高端冲突》的报告,作者为该所研究员塞西·克罗波西、布赖恩·麦格拉思和蒂姆·沃尔顿。该报告认为,美国仍然需要具备强大战斗力、灵活性和机动性的海基空中作战力量。由航母、战机、水面舰艇、潜艇和后勤补给舰艇组成的航母战斗群,具备独特的机动性、持久性和多样性,能够为美国国家利益提供力量存在、威慑能力和作战能力。自20 In October 2015, the US think tank Hudson Institute published a report entitled “Assassin’s War: Aircraft Carrier, Joint Forces and High-level Conflict” by researchers Researcher Cecilie Crowborough, Brian McGrath and Tim Walton. The report argues that the United States still needs sea-based air operations capable of great combat effectiveness, flexibility and mobility. The aircraft carrier battle group, comprised of aircraft carriers, fighters, surface ships, submarines and logistics supplies ships, is uniquely mobile, persistent and diverse and capable of providing strength, deterrence and combat capability to U.S. national interests. Since 20