“Carrier would have nukes.
Some of the escorts would have nukes.
The attack subs screening the task force would definitely have nukes”
A scenario I always think about is what if the US military went rogue with all that power and nuke Washington DC, Berlin and London take control of the world via military cabal?
I think with all the power and nothing to stop you might bring out the worst in people.
I think the saying used to go: “The three most powerful men in the world are the US president, the Soviet premier, and the captain of a US ballistic missile submarine.”
Certainly a carrier group Commander is somewhere near the top.