I wish them every success and safety, but in an age of surface to surface missiles they are floating targets.
That why they have destroyer screens.
No one said joining the military is risk free.
What a profound change from Obama...
“but in an age of surface to surface missiles they are floating targets”
No, they are not.
They are the most protected asset in the US Military.
Additionally, every other country knows that the price of a US Aircraft Carrier is existential war.
You’d be surprised at what the picture didn’t show as far as “back-up” and at the systems designed to protect them from such missiles.....support “vessels” surrounding her and lots of anti-missile defenses. Not to mention that an all-out attack on one of our carriers would quite possibly elicit the same response as if they attacked the mainland USA.....