And the United States won in Vietnam.

Clearly drawn is hard to prosecute (and one might argue shouldn’t be prosecuted, since obscenity laws are just… weird). However, the stuff that is photorealistic can be treated, legally, like the real thing.

Fun fact it’s already illegal. If it’s indistinguishable from the real thing it’s a crime.

One extra note I would like to chime in to add: It’s a lot easier to fit tons of coverage (side armors, esp. soft ones) into bigger carriers. You can get LBT-6094s and Eagle MMACs used on eBay for about the same cost as a newer carrier that will be harder to armor up. Nylon doesn’t really go bad.