Naval Power Clash: Nimitz vs. Shandong in the South China Sea

"Welcome to this epic showdown in the South China Sea. Today we'll witness the ultimate battle of naval power between the US and China. On one side, we have the US's mighty Nimitz, the largest and most powerful aircraft carrier in the world. And on the other side, we have China's Shandong, a relatively new and equally formidable carrier."
The South China Sea, a hotly contested region that has been a focal point of tension between the United States and China. Today, we'll be exploring one aspect of this conflict: the naval power struggle between the US's Nimitz and China's Shandong.
The Nimitz, commissioned in 1975, is one of the oldest aircraft carriers in the US fleet. Despite its age, it remains a formidable force, boasting a displacement of over 100,000 tons and a complement of over 5,000 sailors.
"The Nimitz has been the backbone of the US Navy's carrier fleet for decades. It is armed with cutting-edge technology, including nuclear reactors that power the ship and its aircraft. The Nimitz can carry more than 60 aircraft and is capable of launching and recovering planes in seconds, making it one of the most potent weapons of the US Navy."

[@benlotus2703]

British Royal Navy needs a few Nimitz Aircraft Carriers from the 1970's (Built in 1975).
We should have a bigger Navy not a smaller one!
We should have at least another Aircraft carrier, if not two. We've become a military laughing stock!
Our new Aircraft Carrier is still in for repairs !
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[@simonyip5978]

It would be a good status symbol but the UK hasn't got any responsibilities in the Pacific, the Indian Ocean, the seas around Australia and New Zealand, the Persian Gulf, the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean, the North Atlantic and the South Atlantic, the White Sea, the Bering Sea, the Caribbean, the Artic and the Antarctic. Its hard to justify 2 Queen Elizabeth carriers that don't have enough aircraft and helicopters, and would need the majority of the destroyers and frigate fleet and the majority of the RFA and the amphibious vessels etc to provide a worthwhile task group that is autonomous and independent, with the capabilities to intervene using combat aircraft, transport helicopters and LCM/LCU/LCVP for humanitarian operations or landing of ground forces, plus having the ability to use LACM Tomahawk Cruise Missiles, as well as providing air cover and AD, ASW defence, NGFS, etc.
They are impressive but they take too much RN/RFA resources and assets.
The country no longer has to provide security to the gold mines in South Africa and Australia, the zinc and copper in Rhodesia, the tin and rubber in Malaya, corn, beef, lamb, fruit, timber, minerals, etc provided cheap raw materials from the colonies to British industries and then provided a captive market for British exports. The trade was handled by British shipping companies that kept the shipyards busy, expatriate Britons were employed as railway and shipping agents and postal officials, police senior officers, administrative officers, revenue collection officials, headteachers, missionaries, plantation owners, officers and NCO's of the local Defence Force and also served in the tens of thousands as members of the local British Garrison. Nearly all of this has gone and the need for the navy to keep the sources of raw materials were protected and the power and size of the Royal Navy was enough to protect British owned ships around the world, the Empire needed the Royal Navy to be powerful and larger than every other navy, but when the empire ended, the navy had a much smaller role.
Public money is limited and most people work prefer a couple of hospitals instead of a new carrier that is hard to justify.