Surface navies are useless against competent organized opponents. Carrier groups are for power projection to scare the natives, little else. During a $250 milli

Surface navies are useless against competent organized opponents. Carrier groups are for power projection to scare the natives, little else. During a $250 million war game in 2002, OPFOR sunk the US fleet in the Persian Gulf. Sorry I can't find the original: http://bassreport.com/forum/rec.boats.t664050.htm http://bassreport.com/forum/rec.boats.t664050.htm And another from the War Nerd: http://exiledonline.com/the-war-nerd-this-is-how-the-carriers-will-die/#more-6954 http://exiledonline.com/the-war-nerd-this-is-how-the-carrier... He repeats this quote from the US Naval Institute about 10 times in that last article: "Ships currently have no defense against a ballistic missile attack," and points out that ballistic missiles are 50 year old tech. The solution to defending a surface navy isn't to throw money at it, but to mothball it.