[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

IMHO : With the range of these missiles(1,000+miles) they canshoot-n-scoot far out of range of the bad guys,,,

Don't forget the subs,,,

Nav-Air also comes into play,,,

Then the B-52’s can hit any spot on earth in 12 hours,,,

Add B-1 and B-2 bombers,,,

How do they get food/etc. to the ships at sea ?,,,

A tenders or choppers or head for port,,,

I don't see any other way...

[tanknetter]

Nav-Air also comes into play,,,

Yup. People need to remember that the USN operates a layered defense, with Aegis/SM as the middle layer in most cases. In an environment where an enemy could possible saturate Aegis, there WILL be a carrier involved. So inbound aircraft and cruise missiles would first have to penetrate the CAP: F/A-18s with AIM-120 AMRAAMs. Then Aegis gets to take a crack at them, followed by Sea Sparrow, RAM and finally Phalanx/RBOC ... with ECM operating pretty much throughout (EA-6Bs/EA-18Gs then ship-borne).

Ballistic missiles are a different story, countermeasures put more of an emphasis on Aegis to hit an inbound. Then again, the ability of a ballistic missile to hit a maneuvering warship or strike group at sea isn't all that great.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

I agree