I think it is safe to say the the USS Nimitz is a major DOD asset. It carries our most advanced seaborne aircraft and has nuclear weapons.
This had been going on for two weeks yet no other Nimitz pilots made mention of this to the subject flight crews and the planes took off unarmed???
As I already mentioned on this thread, this alleged incident took place just 100 miles off San Diego. That's well within range of San Diego International's traffic control radar. Why didn't civilian operators report seeing anything out of the ordinary?