On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:11:46 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

One Russian tactical nuke getting just close could sink our carrier
and its escorts.

Not really, assuming normal deployment. TNs have a kill radius of
less than 1 kilometer and would normally be delivered via a cruise
missile or aircraft for which there are good defenses.

If you got a warning for that incoming the advice
was to squat down on flexed knees with your head between your knees -
and kiss your ass goodbye.

Old joke.

Carriers are not invulnerable but neither are fixed bases, and fixed
bases are not available in many parts of the world.