Wayne.B wrote:
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.



Nobody is claiming that fixed bases are invulnerable.