A free aircraft carrier sounds like an incredible gift — until you see the operating costs. Over 4,000 crew members running 24/7 operations cost nearly $3 million per day in personnel alone. Fighter jet flight hours burn tens of thousands per hour. Nuclear propulsion systems require constant monitoring and repairs costing hundreds of thousands per incident. Add aircraft operations, maintenance, supplies, and ammunition — daily costs exceed $6 million, every single day, whether at war or not. Most countries can't afford carriers not because of the price tag, but because of the unstoppable daily financial drain that never pauses.
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