Iran attacks replica of aircraft carrier

[Slawburger]

One of the real issues is a very restrictive ROE. How close are those boghammers going to get before we can shoot?

^^^ This ^^^

 

[Baditude]

I was a FC Fire Control (weapons) in the Navy in the 80s, I can tell you this: One Phalanx system alone could have eliminated this threat. They were designed for anti-missile, but can target boats etc. That was 30 years ago and even if they didn't upgrade a thing I am confident all the boats would have been shredded in under a minute.

 

[Audie Murphy]

Boards don't hit back.
Bruce Lee

 

[cqcn88]

Not really.
Carriers by themselves have very little to directly defend themselves, other than a few M-2s and (I don't think they even have these anymore) Sea Sparrow anti-air missiles.
Their air wing, of course, is there, but it still has to be aloft when the SHTF, so it's a pretty defenseless target by itself, a very big and tempting target at that.
That's why you invariably see a battle group surrounding these bird farms, composed of cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and (you won't ever see it, but it's there nonetheless) a sub or two.

Small boat swarms are a real threat to a carrier, not unlike missile swarms.

The issue, of course, is that carriers travel alone pretty much never...and a carrier strike group has a MASSIVE amount of firepower available to defend the carrier.

But hey, let them exercise...

You might be surprised at how often a carrier operates with only one escort. The subs, while technically a part of the battle group, are rarely in direct support of the carrier.

Recent USN vet here. Yes, they can shoot back. They actually have quite a bit of firepower. And yes, carriers do operate alone from time to time but I'm pretty confident they wouldn't be alone while in range of a bunch little speedboats in a war zone or even a remotely potential war zone. These idiots are "training" for an extremely unlikely situation. When I hear these morons talking a big game against our military, particularly our navy, it really amazes me how absolutely clueless they must be.

 

[BigMoose]

The Samuel Roberts damage control was the most epic damage control ever seen. By rights that ship -SHOULD- have sunk. That ship was SPLIT IN HALF. The crafty crew cinched cables around the ship to keep it from sinking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4GaPHcJjRw