Re:The reasons HMS Queen Elizabeth has two ‘islands’
by chiph on Monday August 14, 2017 @03:27PM
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They can't stop a team in a small boat from boarding a merchantman, positioning it cross-ways in the canal, then sinking it. Do this once at each end, and your carrier group just lost it's mobility and much of it's ability to project force.
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Re:The reasons HMS Queen Elizabeth has two ‘islands’
by tombrossman on Monday August 14, 2017 @03:49PM
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Admittedly there are edge cases and military planners like nothing more than dreaming these up and devising countermeasures. The Suez and Panama Canals are not small, so it's not as if all the ships have to crowd together and be trapped in a small area. But yes, there are threats and their probability of success is never 100%.
Here's an interesting lesson from WW2 which shows the danger of previously unknown coastal torpedo batteries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Drøbak_Sound