To: WhiskeyX
forcing the U.S. Navy to launch four fighter jets in responseDo not carrier groups regularly fly combat air patrol? Why were there no assets already in the air? What if these were hostiles? The Reagan would be severely compromised if that were the case. One mile? Unconscionable.
4 posted on
10/29/2015 9:09:29 AM PDT by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism. It is incompatible with real freedom.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
One mile?
Anti-ship missiles have a much greater range than one mile.
5 posted on
10/29/2015 9:10:32 AM PDT by
rfreedom4u
(Rick Chollett for President!)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
I assure you, they had a CAP intercept them 150 miles+ out.
7 posted on
10/29/2015 9:12:54 AM PDT by
ryan71
(Bibles, Beans and Bullets)
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