Re: And All Who Sail In Her
Archtech,
The thing about this trope about carriers not surviving anti-ship missiles is that it's just that. Nobody's put it to the test yet. And most of the navies that make the most noise about it do so because they're suffering from "carrier envy". Although in the case of China they think that carriers are so unsafe to operate in a modern missile environment that they're currently building one (some) and busily devoping the tech and doctrines required to operate them.
Carrier operating navies also know this, and you know might have just considered the possibility a time or two...
Carriers carry aircraft. It's the whole point. And move, and have protective surface-to-air missile ships. And often submarines as part of their task forces. Any enemy that wants to shoot them has got to find out where they are. Which means getting into radar range. Which means not being shot by thos pesky aircraft or sunk by those naughty submarines.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
