[Non-Sequitur]

No wind, no planes.

You can say the same for U.S. carriers. Besides, in all my time at sea I can't remember a totally calm day.

[kerryusama04]

Were you PACFLT? The sea can be calm, but I cede your point it is not often. 30 knots is still slow, they can't even outrun a destroyer at that speed. Our Nukes can haul a** and even launch with a tail wind.

Do we still keep a carrier in Japan? I recall we had the Kitty or the Ranger there when I was in because the Japanese did not like nukes in their harbor. I bet that attitude changes in a hurry!