“Its one thing to sink an obsolete, unmanned ship that just sits in the water, not firing back. Its quite another when that ship has a skilled crew, is moving and fighting back.”
I think the Japanese admiral at the Battle of Midway would disagree with you, since he lost three carriers to US aircraft. And those carriers were neither unmanned nor obsolete.
>> I think the Japanese admiral at the Battle of Midway would disagree with you
Japan lost a lot more than a few carriers to the USAAF.
“I think the Japanese admiral at the Battle of Midway would disagree with you, since he lost three carriers to US aircraft. And those carriers were neither unmanned nor obsolete.”
But they were destroyed in a massive battle from aircraft deployed from other carriers....which can stay closer to enemy fleets, and thus refuel and rearm faster. And the original point still stands....Billy Mitchell’s idea that you could send out a couple of bombers and sink any task force has been refuted over and over now.