Aircraft Carriers III
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UK CSG VISIT USN CSG-10 ABOARD CVN-69 USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER - 27 SEP 19
A Tweet link showing some pics of an 845NAS Merlin HC4 delivering Cdr UK CSG to CVN-69 for a visit to review the US Carrier and its facilities during WESTLANT19.
The link also has a hyperlink to the full USN article on the visit.
A Tweet link showing some pics of an 845NAS Merlin HC4 delivering Cdr UK CSG to CVN-69 for a visit to review the US Carrier and its facilities during WESTLANT19.
The link also has a hyperlink to the full USN article on the visit.
Jura The idiot
General
sure sounds like a hoax: the Reagan without escorts in sight
is like surrounded in the SCS:
links are in
PLAN breaking news, pics, & videos https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/plan-breaking-news-pics-videos.t7079/page-318
World upside down if true
is like surrounded in the SCS:
links are in
PLAN breaking news, pics, & videos https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/plan-breaking-news-pics-videos.t7079/page-318
World upside down if true
Intrepid
Major
I think the escorts were not marked. In the big picture they will be found somewhere.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Those are her escorts.
Jura The idiot
General
for the first time ever I have tweeted now (I just read tweets since I think 2016):
where are the Reagan's escort vessels please?
under (that's the account which found her:
Jura The idiot
General
gallows humor, or I misunderstood and you're able to see the rest of a CVG while I can't?
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
A carrier group will bunch together for a photex, but when deployed they spread out over many square miles to sanitize the area around the carrier. Point defence systems like Sea Sparrow protect their parent ship for several miles, and area defence systems like Aegis/Standard SAMs cover the group out to 50+ miles. Consequently there is no need to keep those ships within spitting distance of the carrier. Also, if an enemy attacks with nuclear weapons, by spreading the group out it becomes impossible to take them all out with a single strike.
Intrepid
Major
And for this reason, the carrier isn't the ship in the centre of the formation.