Guys, these exercises are important...but the details, pro and con are rarely released.
This article by the Aviationist, like many of his articles...pupports to source an article that he himself says is no longer there...not even the cache.
So it is not a credible report.
Also, posting that someone heard from someone that a sub surfaced during an exercise right next to a US carrier is equally not credible.
To be able, in the specific scripted situation of the exercise to score a hit is one thing...to physically hazard the sub and the carrier by such a surfacing is not a credible thing at all.
We have naysayers and critics saying that carriers are obsolete and can be easily defeated.
This is not so.
These exercises are scripted and simulated. Rarely are active and even passive defenses actively deployed in such exercises...and both sides are not permitted unrestricted warfare.
They are exercising very specific things which preclude the use of everything they have.
KEEP IT CREDIBLE...AVOID SENSATIONALISM
This article by the Aviationist, like many of his articles...pupports to source an article that he himself says is no longer there...not even the cache.
So it is not a credible report.
Also, posting that someone heard from someone that a sub surfaced during an exercise right next to a US carrier is equally not credible.
To be able, in the specific scripted situation of the exercise to score a hit is one thing...to physically hazard the sub and the carrier by such a surfacing is not a credible thing at all.
We have naysayers and critics saying that carriers are obsolete and can be easily defeated.
This is not so.
These exercises are scripted and simulated. Rarely are active and even passive defenses actively deployed in such exercises...and both sides are not permitted unrestricted warfare.
They are exercising very specific things which preclude the use of everything they have.
KEEP IT CREDIBLE...AVOID SENSATIONALISM
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