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Old 07-01-2004, 08:05 PM  
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Originally posted by hershie
How many ships make up a "carrier Strike Group"? Any battleships...?

7 aircraft carriers = roughly 581 aircraft

7 carrier battle groups = about 42 ships, including 7 carriers, the rest a mix of aegis cruisers and destroyers, and a few ohp class frigates, maybe a spruance ddg or two as well.

that's about 1440 tomahawk cruise missles. plus another thousand or so air launched slam-er and jsow cruise missles.

not to mention the bombers we have stationed in guam or the 10-14 attack subs that undoubtly will be tagging along with their share of tomahawks.
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