[judicial meanz]

The NK's have 22 old Russian Whiskey class submarines, and 4 Romeos. Those are old boats, but they could torpedo a carrier IF they could slip through the screen.

You hit on a good point though. The NK and Chinese have been trying to learn for years how to sink one of our carriers, and invest heavily in the weapons to do it with. They believe Americans would lose the will to fight if we lost a carrier. This the shipwreck and silkworm missiles, 200mph torpedos and wolfpack techniques they practice.

The good news: we know it. We have plenty of things to make them miserable trying to do it too.

[AppyPappy]

Those are old boats, but they could torpedo a carrier

If they could somehow get hold of some cloaking devices from the Klingons.

[Republic of Texas]

I'd worry more about a Silkworm than a torpedo.

[Quix]

ASSUME, PRETEND, IMAGINE . . .

That the powers that be HAVE decided to start WWIII against us after we attack Iraq. . . .

Wouldn't it be "nice" from THEIR (Russian, Chinese, Cuban, Lybian, NKorean, Mexican and . . . wild guess--some European nation is supposed to be on their side . . . ?France?) Wouldn't it be nice from THEIR perspective to proxy the NK's into probing/practicing destroying a carrier in this current NK situation to 'see how it went' prior to the big fight?