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This doesn't seem particularly newsworthy. The general thrust is that any nation willing to declare war on the United States could potentially sink its aircraf
by jasonkester 18y ago
This doesn't seem particularly newsworthy. The general thrust is that any nation willing to declare war on the United States could potentially sink its aircraft carriers. OK, we'll stipulate to that, but really does that reduce their value today?
- rjurney 18y agoI have to say that it does. Consider the carrier group nearest Iran. If the theory is true, all Iran needs is a fleet of civilian boats equipped with anti-ship missiles to defeat the US carrier group. That is exactly what happened in at least one war game that tested the scenario. In other words: Pearl Harbor 2.0 is coming soon, the next time we project power from a carrier group against anyone with an organized defense. Thats newsworthy. I don't know if its true, but it parallels the fall of the battleship so much that it sounds plausible.
- neilc 18y agoPearl Harbor 2.0 is coming soon, the next time we project power from a carrier group against anyone with an organized defense. Why didn't this happen in the first Gulf War? Ballistic missiles and small boats aren't exactly new technologies.
- rjurney 18y agoThe idea is that anti-ship missile technology has become more widely distributed since the gulf war. Is it crazy to think that Iran can match Argentine technology from the 80s?