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From: ames!mailrus!aoa!carl@uunet.UU.NET (Carl Witthoft)
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Subject: Re: Are Aircraft Carriers Obsolete?
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Date: 21 Jan 89 02:06:01 GMT
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First, ofall, let's ignore the standard rule that there are two types
of marine vessels: submarines and targets.
Now, we all know that ACcarriers are supervulnerable. On the other hand,
since most battlegroup and convoy formations depend critically on fixed
wing coverage of the perimeter (including OTH), so long as there is no
substitute for this coverage, the planes gotta land somewhere. So it
seems that a serious redesign of the entire battlegroup might follow
if ACcarriers are really to be eliminated.


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