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Originally Posted by Tchocky
To an enemy with lots of fast ASuW missiles, like the Sunburn and this new one, a CVBG looks more like a big fat target than anything else.
With China buying up S-300 systems to defend the SSM launch sites, I can see a potential conflict being rather nasty.
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That's why a US CVBG would be absolutely insane to enter the Taiwan Straits.
If the US chooses to fight to defend Taiwan against a Chinese invasion, they will do so from carriers stationed behind the island and from faraway airbases like Guam and Okinawa. Anything on Taiwan itself or in the Straits (aside from subs) will be pounded into oblivion by missiles from the Chinese mainland.