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To: Dog
"How long will it take this carrier to get there and get on station???"

Classified. But let's say that, for the moment, you turn your attention to football. If you looked at the situation at the end of the Bye Week of the playoffs, you'd find our guys pretty much where the action is. Using non-classified data, 30 knots X 24 hours X 7 days = 5000+ nautical miles in one week. Give or take.

Michael

86 posted on 12/27/2002 10:41:24 AM PST by Wright is right!
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To: Wright is right!
"30 knots"

The rest of the Battle Group cannot sustain 30 knots while crossing the Atlantic. With unrep time and rough seas, double your time estimate.........best case.

Additionally, the Suez may not be considered a prudent route during these challenging times and I suspect we'll have to add another 5,000 miles to get around the cape.

Still, it'd be awesome to see the world's finest blue-water navy put 6-8 carrier battle groups on station in 30 days.

Our enemies will shake in fear.

319 posted on 12/27/2002 12:30:28 PM PST by Mariner
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Usually takes about 10 days from the Mainland to the actual Persian Gulf.
324 posted on 12/27/2002 12:35:10 PM PST by richardtavor
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To: Wright is right!
Eight Battle Groups could deliver 1,500 cruise missles and 1,000 sorties in the first 6 hours.......and continue with another 1,000 sorties every 12 hours for the next 30 days.

Put 20 B-52's, 5 B2's and 30 B1's into the mix......flying from airfields in the region......and you could really ruin a country (or two) in a fairly short period of time.

You hit missle sites and strike aircraft first, move on to air defence.........then you let 'em have it.

327 posted on 12/27/2002 12:40:10 PM PST by Mariner
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