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Posted on 06/21/2007 7:37:25 AM PDT by SShultz460
Edmund Fitzgerald was referred to as a ship.
But I understand the boat reference.
Yes, I understand they are real greyhounds!
Why do we still have Infantry? With all the fire power that a modern air force can bring to the battlefield, with waves and waves of missiles and bombers etc ... isn’t spending thousands of dollars per Infantryman a bit extravagant?
Then a real war came along....
Chicks allowed on Subs?
Not by anyone who sailed the Lakes.
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Carriers do not travel alone. There is a lot of interlocking firepower available to sweep the skies free of missiles.
Carriers can also launch a counter attack to the missile launch sites, without crossing over the nuclear threshold.
Of course once an opponent crosses that threshold, all bets are off...
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Nope, the submarine force is the only part of the Navy that is still all-men.
My main idea is that you project power by protecting the Carrier. If you have SSGNs and a smaller SSN fleet you can smoke conventional Battle Groups that pair CV/Ns with Destroyers and only 2 SSNs
That's a myth. There is no way for a submarine to use such a missile without giving itself away, and that kind of defeats the purpose of the submarine in the first place.
Sneak a few of these babies into the Caspian Sea ;o)
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Can’t wait to see the submersible aircraft that go with them.
They are slower, but they're better sea boats and more capable. And if you've got a missile chasing you then the fact that you only do 32 knots instead of 38 isn't going to matter much.
Yeah, but they’re a PITA to upgrade...but that’s a submarine flaw in general...other than that though, they are great boats!
A well defended carrier group is pretty formidable. Subs are part of that group.
Geez, they had those back in the late 60's...
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