> the air wing will only have a range of around 700 nm—about half that of many antiship cruise missiles. Which basically means that unless the US has very ver

> the air wing will only have a range of around 700 nm—about half that of many antiship cruise missiles. Which basically means that unless the US has very very effective anti ship missiles systems, their entire navy strategy(and thus Nato's) is broken. The whole point of an aircraft carrier is that it provides a dome of protection. It pushes ships capable of launching anti ship missiles out of range. This means that the rest of the navy is free to do other things. Without that cover, the navy can't move about without being destroyed. So you either need loads of little ships (which are much more expensive to eliminate, cheaper to produce, but have smaller weapons, or have a system to effectively intercept missiles, or the missile launcher.