> A naval carrier group is pretty much invulnerable to any single weapon that exists today.
I’m unconvinced. When I worked in the field, they were persistent rumours that modern submarines did sink aircraft carriers in actual exercises which I’m ready to believe. A diesel submarine with its motor shut-off resting on the bottom is near impossible to detect.
Not entirely comparable but see how Ukraine seemingly easily neutralised the Russian Black Sea fleet. Modern Navy are not really built for symmetrical conflicts. My personal belief is that progress in space tracking, missiles, subsea warfare and autonomous weapons have made surface ships mostly obsolete.
They have their use but open war is a modern enemy is not one of them anymore.
The diesel submarine threat is exactly why carrier strike group tactics have evolved to remain further offshore in deep water while relying on long-range stand-off weapons. SSKs are relatively slow and short ranged so it's easier to avoid them than to detect them.
A diesel on the bottom in rough terrain is an extreme threat but generally easily avoided by not going into areas shallow enough for a diesel to be on the bottom.
>When I worked in the field, they were persistent rumours that modern submarines did sink aircraft carriers in actual exercises which I’m ready to believe.
Yeah the Russia-Ukraine war is basically the Russo-Japanese war in terms of being a grim preview of what happens when industrial nations fight an all out war. I worry that whatever happens next will make WWI and WWII look like child's play even without the use of nuclear weapons.
I’m unconvinced. When I worked in the field, they were persistent rumours that modern submarines did sink aircraft carriers in actual exercises which I’m ready to believe. A diesel submarine with its motor shut-off resting on the bottom is near impossible to detect.
Not entirely comparable but see how Ukraine seemingly easily neutralised the Russian Black Sea fleet. Modern Navy are not really built for symmetrical conflicts. My personal belief is that progress in space tracking, missiles, subsea warfare and autonomous weapons have made surface ships mostly obsolete.
They have their use but open war is a modern enemy is not one of them anymore.