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Originally posted by JanusFIN
Like I said in the first post, Falklands was "almost a catastrophe" because of the sea missiles - underlining reasons you gave us.
But for US sailors and their families, I hope that you havent fully undermine a threat of sunburns - which I still see a greatest threat for US Navys future.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
I love one of the responses to the Post source
"Gary, this is probably the biggest piece of misinformation that has been written on the subject of the vulnerability of large carriers yet.
This argument has been going on since the end of WW2, where by the way not ONE large US carrier of new design (Essex class, was lost! –small carriers on the other hand were very vulnerable).
The one point you, and most people miss, is battle tactics. You assume that there are just a bunch of dumb officers sailing into harms way feeling that nothing can touch them. Nothing can be further from the truth!
As it stands today, the most capable weapon system in any Navy is the US carrier battle group! Notice I said GROUP! Weapons systems work together and project further out from the group itself. It can project like no other weapons system.
So while missiles are a threat to any carrier, and any ship for that matter, they have been since and during WW2. Nothing new. You build technology to counter it!
The real problem is that articles such as these lead people to believe that now that China has a missile, we need to scrap the entire carrier battle group when actually we need to build more, build them more stealthy, and work on that one system that liberals laughed at for years.- anti ballistic missile defence.
What you should be pointing out is that we need more technology $$$ in the defense budget to counter these threats! "
Originally posted by JanusFIN
I am sure, with my own experience living years in Asian countries - they have that mysterious power of will and courage - Kamikaze Minds - and how many Chinese or Asians are living and serving in US Navy?
You would be surprised at how manuverable these things are. They have tons of power avalible and while thier Offical speed is '30+" knots its higher than that when running at flank.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
We have in the past 40 or 50 years have only seen "limited" Carrier Battle Group action. In Vietnam, Gulf war 1 and the present situations. The Carrier battle group is a force to be reckoned with.
People seem to forget about long range land bombers taking out said launchers before that battle begins.