Re:The U.S. Navy’s Big Mistake: Building Tons of Supercarriers
by ryan_j_naughton on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @11:34AM
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If ASBMs become available to smaller countries, as they inevitably are, then they will use them against the US to defend themselves. They US won't be able to respond with nuclear weapons in that case as that would be an insane escalation, and thus their ASBMs would be an effective deterrent against our carriers getting close enough for the fighters to be useful.
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Re:The U.S. Navy’s Big Mistake: Building Tons of Supercarriers
by vinceguidry on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @12:05PM
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No, it would just push the battle groups further out to sea, naval ships aren't sitting ducks against ASBMs, they do have defenses such as CIWS. If they keep far enough away then they won't be terribly vulnerable.
Also, the US doesn't just have nuclear weapons to retaliate with. We're perfectly capable of devastating these smaller countries without them.