On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:33:26 +0100, "Jeroen Wenting"
wrote:

with of course no replacement, leaving the carrier force wide open to
submarine attack...

(1) S-3s do NOT do anti-submarine warfare at all.This mission was
eliminated some years ago.

(2) Carriers embark SH-60Fs (later MH-60Rs) and are escorted by FFGs,
DDGs, CGs, and SSNs, all of which are excellent ASW platforms. They
are not "wide open".

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