Actually - in this era - it may be time to do away with the carrier strike group as we have known it. I suspect the "aircraft" of the past is generally replaced by missiles. And missiles can easily be delivered by submersables or small stealth craft. BIG surface ships are likely to be detected - and not just by radar. But if there are ad…
Actually - in this era - it may be time to do away with the carrier strike group as we have known it. I suspect the "aircraft" of the past is generally replaced by missiles. And missiles can easily be delivered by submersables or small stealth craft. BIG surface ships are likely to be detected - and not just by radar. But if there are advantages to manned aircraft at sea - maybe we put them in submersables - as USN toyed with post WW2 - imitating the Japanese I-400's (with jets no less - see Friedman's US Submarines Since 1945). What is clear is that space sensors almost guarantee detection of major vessels in the open ocean. So do aircraft sensors. See in particular SAR radars, OTH radars, etc.
Actually - in this era - it may be time to do away with the carrier strike group as we have known it. I suspect the "aircraft" of the past is generally replaced by missiles. And missiles can easily be delivered by submersables or small stealth craft. BIG surface ships are likely to be detected - and not just by radar. But if there are advantages to manned aircraft at sea - maybe we put them in submersables - as USN toyed with post WW2 - imitating the Japanese I-400's (with jets no less - see Friedman's US Submarines Since 1945). What is clear is that space sensors almost guarantee detection of major vessels in the open ocean. So do aircraft sensors. See in particular SAR radars, OTH radars, etc.