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Originally posted by adamzion
surface-to-surface missiles. The answer to that is <b>very</b> little chance- unless the carrier is armed with very accurate, very fast anti-missile guns of some sort, it has virtually no way to defend itself against missile attacks.
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Originally posted by russotto
Which of course is the reason why the Navy spends big bucks on systems like AEGIS.
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Agreed, 100%. But, just the same, the main point- as reinforced by tw- is that a supersonic surface-to-surface or air-to-surface missile remains an all but impossible weapon against which to defend. And, against these types of weapon, the carriers remain rather vulnerable.
Incidentally, I agree 100% about the Chinese fighter probably "clipping" the US spy plane on purpose. The Chinese government seems to be the kind which would gladly sacrifice the life of a pilot to gain the kind of intelligence bonanza to be had from a US spy plane. After all, we know how much the Chinese deeply care for their citizens.
They'll kill them to show how much they care,
Z