That's probably not the whole CVBG, there's not a 'huge' amount of water on the picture, I think the escorts are sailing closer to the CV's than usual for the picture. If nothing else there needs to be a support group with more escorts and some AOR's and other supply ships that can be called upon if needed.
Anti-Carrier Trump Card
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MIGleader said:
Migleader, I made 7 deployments on 5 different CV's. Just because you can't see the escorts does not mean they aren't there. The escorts are often over 50 miles(or more)away.
Three Ticos could have taken on the entire Iraqi Navy? True. But very funny!
MIGleader said:
I was in the USN for 20 years . That's how I can say that. 20 years. It was real, I was there. I know how they operate. I know of what I post. I don't make things up. i only post from my knowledge or researched facts. My 25 year old son has been on active duty for 7.5 years. He keeps me informed about what the USN is doing to the unclassified extent he can.
The position of the escorts depends a lot on the operational tempo and security conditions at the time. There are all sort of factors when a ship is at sea.
And that young man is how I know.
MIGleader said:
Thanks to the range of weapons of USN, its escorts do not have to be in the vicinity of the carrier. Perhaps only one will be within the horizon. Most of the ships are deployed tens to hundreds of miles from the carrier. They are positioned along the threat axis ready to intercept the egress of an incoming strike package.
A carrier battle group in close formation that you see in pictures are done for publicity photos. That is not how a carrier battle group operates.
MIGleader said:
SM 2 ER has a range of well above 150 nm.
Latest harpoon has a range of 100 km.
You are again forgeting the range of the carriers plane.
By the ship being further away from the carrier, it can engage a hostile force well before it can threaten the carrier.
well, this is a question of defining what is an 'escort' that 'belongs to' the CVNBG. The thing is that if a number of ships operate only to protect the carrier, under its direct command, in a range that could be described as 'close' when thinking about the range of modern weapon systems, then they are escorts.