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Tankers don't solve transit time for Atlantic and Pacific-magnitude distances.
by ethbr0 5y ago
Tankers don't solve transit time for Atlantic and Pacific-magnitude distances.
- water8 5y agoWhat transit time? The Airforce establishes air superiority starting at the carrier and extending out the aircraft combat range (500-700miles) + refueling range (500miles) + missile standoff range (300miles). It's a pretty big sphere of influence and the US has 14 of them.
- ethbr0 5y agoAnd does that for every ship in the Navy? All the time? Because if not, they're launching from Okinawa or Guam. And they don't show up instantly hundreds of miles from there, at the ship's location.