[MarchonDC09122009]

Your username indicates US Navy, correct?
If so, you would understand the threat that a single well placed torpedo or missile poses to disable / sink a ship?

What if advesaries submarines are becoming so silent, they could launch a torpedo attack undetected?

A Chinese Submarine Stalked an American Aircraft Carrier

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Nov 6, 2015 ... A Chinese submarine stalked the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan for ... Most, if not all of China’s Improved Kilo submarines are based in Xiangshan, with China’s Eastern Fleet.

For the most part, an adversary cannot readily sneak up on a land base without detection.

Military strategists the world over have come to the conclusion that the Aircraft carrier days are seeing their twilight due to the enormous expensive constructing, operating and maintaining them.

Much bigger bang for the buck from the latest generation silent diesel-electric subs, cruise missiles, and long endurance drones.
A million+ dollar cruise missile can readily disable / destroy a 1.5 BILLION dollar carrier and it’s fancy $100,000,000 aircraft.

Look up the latest US Naval War College papers.

[central_va]

The mk 48 torpedo was recently tested on an old FFG. The FFG took two hits and didn't sink. Torpedoes are not going to sink a modern carrier.

Frigates are tough. Think how much damage an AC can take.

[central_va]

Do you really think that Gook sub didn't have a US attack sub right on its tail? Do you think in wartime that sub would have been sunk way before it got close the CVBG? Do you think the USN is f-ing to reveal information on how it tracked that sub to the public? I don't think so. I wish stupid know nothings would keep the amateur opinions to themselves.

If you are gong to evaluate the Navy's wartime capabilities on peacetime maneuvers and exercises that you are being really stupid.

PS in wartime if the USN didn't know with fairly close proximity where that enemy attack sub was located THE CVBG WOULDN'T GO THERE.

[USNBandit]

For the most part, an adversary cannot readily sneak up on a land base without detection.

We could argue that point, but the net result is that land bases still get destroyed.