The Navy's Greatest Fear: Could China Sink a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier?
James Holmes
Security, Asia
The answer: maybe.
A carrier with no working runway or flyable air complement is like a battleship with no working guns. Sending a “wake-homing” torpedo into its propellers would similarly incapacitate it. Deprived of propulsion, the flattop would be partly or wholly unable to maneuver to launch and recover planes for a time—carriers turn into the wind to help their planes develop lift under their wings—and perhaps unable to transit from point... Читать дальше...