US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test

Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by Raidion on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @01:29AM (#25133782)

An attack on a carrier group is one of the conditions for the use of nuclear missiles. If you hit a carrier group (and especially if you hit a carrier group and win), you're gambling with mutually assured destruction.

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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by chasd00 on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @10:17AM (#25137660)

I've always thought that too, people like to point out some adversary has a state of the art anti-ship missile. Let's say a US carrier is sunk, then what? It's as if that would be the end of the ordeal and there would be no response.

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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by La1n on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @04:25AM (#25134778)

But can't you then also say, an attack with a carrier group is gambling with mutually assured destruction?

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