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Originally Posted by CyberSEO
I see what you are talking about but.. the price of what tactical nuke missile like "Яхонт" (SS-N-26 Strobile) is nothing comparing to the USS which will be sink with 99% probability (it's almost impossible to intercept something that flies 10 meters under water with 720 m/s speed)  |
The problem with your theory there is if it ever came to that the nukes would be flying. In this day an age there is always the possibility that the US could lose a carrier group by surprise attack of some sort.
However it would almost certainly only come by way of submarine attack using a nuclear warhead. If that happened it would be considered the same as a nuclear attack on US soil and the counter attack would be more than appropriate.
We however have 10 carrier groups the last I looked and I'm pretty sure any single one of them has enough nuclear warheads among their ships to take out all the major population centers with-in Russia or where ever and this doesn't even include nuclear equipped subs not attached to the carrier groups, which is the bulk of our sub fleet.
Attacking a US carrier group in that manor would essentially be the mutually assured destruction.