Would the U.S. Still Lose the Naval War of 2015?

Real Clear Defense ^ | July 2, 2013 | Harry Kazianis

[lentulusgracchus]

Think the battlewagon at lower right might be the USS New York .... tho' I don't ever recall reading that she was expended in the Bikini tests.

IJNS Nagato and USS Saratoga and Nevada were so expended, and the German cruiser Prinz Eugen, which survived the war, was sunk in a test at, ummm, I think Kwajalein and is upside down in the lagoon -- reachable by divers who are warned off because Prinz Eugen was sunk with a full load of ordnance (now aging and untrustworthy).

[GreyHoundSailor]

Well-stated; spent 10 years on a CVN, two CGs and a DDG. So-called ‘experts’ have next to zero knowledge of just how formidable these platforms are unless they’ve been there for more than an overnight visit.

[Vaquero]

After the last 2 elections the political winds have gone about as UGLY as possible.

[Jeff Head]

Actually, most of those vessels were not sunk in that particular exercise. In addition, our battle groups in war time and exercises and on patrol are not all bunched up like that either. Many of the vessels are miles and miles apart.

And with todays NBC capabilities, we would be able to clean them off and keep fighting.

Hitting a battle group at sea is not an easy task...the oceans are large and the ability to detect, track, target and then launch on and reacquire once the warhead re-enters is not something any other country can really do at this point.

And China would be foolish to open that can of worms. They do have a relative few nuclear missiles capable of hitting our shores...and they would do great damage if they got through the AEGIS BMD and the Land-based BMD.

But what China would get in return would be absolute annihilation.

[Mamzelle]

Yeah, but we run from Somali pirates in dinghies—

[Thorliveshere]

Yeah, but we run from Somali pirates in dinghies—

Okay... I could be wrong

[neverdem]

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[Travis McGee]

ChiPing

[Elsie]

How did the ARTICLE ‘know’?

[Elsie]

You can’t win blue water Naval engagements against aircraft carriers except with nuclear submarines and/or other aircraft carriers.

Oh?

I'm afraid that the Chinese DO know how to lop the head off of the dragon!

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[Elsie]

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[Elsie]

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[Elsie]

There’s something wrong with that horse...

[Elsie]

There’s something very wrong with that horse...

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[Elsie]

No CONDOMS???

[Elsie]

Legendary, historical or fictional, William Tell is, as you say, a good metaphor and a hero.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[SampleMan]

They are going to hit us with bad movies? I don’t quite get your link.

Taking out the POTUS wouldn’t help the Chinese much in a naval war. In fact, taking out the current POTUS and VP could be detrimental to them.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“How did the ARTICLE ‘know’?”

These things write themselves. Snowden probably told them.

[neverdem]

Thanks for that URL. That’s what I was hoping for someone to show me.