US Navy’s New $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier Will Dominate The Seas
As the worlds biggest floating target /fixed.
It will dominate the seas. Or its a $13 sitting duck. The US itself could sink it with numerous weapons.
Air to sea missiles
Land to sea missiles
Ships
Drones
Subs
You would need a fleet of destroyers around it and numerous fighters constantly in the air to keep it safe. And its never safe from either Russia or China.
Ah a member of the many small ships crowd ? Neat idea failed in function though.
If you build 3 small CV’s (Like the America Class) you will either have to put them in a single squadron to give you some punch or 3 penny packets that have less offensive value and far less defensive value.
A CVBG is a highly flexible set of platforms that work as a combined force.
Get a good naval simulator (Harpoon) and see what a CVBG does against surface combatants or sub forces. I would like to see something like the S-3 Viking back in the fleet mabye a variant of the V-22
You are so right! I would feel soooooooooooooooo much safer if we took away the Navies ability to project air superiority over huge areas of the ocean. < /sarc >