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Re:Why the Navy Misses the Old F-14 Tomcat, Despite All of t... by manigandham on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @01:06PM (#17910675)
Would they? Why do people think carriers are so easy to sink? They are massive nuclear powered machines with entire fleets protecting them. I doubt any submarine would get close enough to launch anything without being obliterated.
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Re:Why the Navy Misses the Old F-14 Tomcat, Despite All of t... by carrier_hmmm on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @04:41PM (#17912589)
Reasonable survey of the criticism and vulnerabilities:

https://warisboring.com/the-u-s-navy-s-big-mistake-building-...

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Re:Why the Navy Misses the Old F-14 Tomcat, Despite All of t... by dmoy on Friday September 07, 2018 @04:06PM (#17937254)
Late reply so you might not see, but in all the realistic simulations, carriers get completely destroyed in the early hours of any actual conflict. (All the big boats do, but carriers are especially juicy targets)

See, for example, MC02.

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