so you really think if 1 carrier group got nuked out of the water our government would end civilization on this planet by launching a ton of nuked at russia so they would have to launch a ton at the usa and all nato counties also ?
end the world over 1 carrier group ?
i dont think so.
i hope it never happens tho would be some scary shit
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Originally Posted by crockett
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.
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