"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
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With 10 carriers deployed at any given time, the Navy can't adequately
cover the 7 seas unless you're willing to wait days, sometimes weeks for
force projection. Remember, anything beyond 500 miles from the boat is
becoming a reach for the Navy unless we're talking P-3's, and I don't want
to send a P-3 into any sort of hostile environment. With the Air Force,
they can put a Buff over any likely trouble spot in 18 hours.

KB


I agree, P-3s do not have the aerial refueling capacity and jet speed of
USAF aircraft. Although I thought there was going to be a P-3 replacement
aircraft that was a militarized version of the Boeing 737 which should have
those features and should also be able to shoot an anti-ship weapon.

JD