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Originally Posted by CaptainMattJ.
i said MIXED fleet. mixed WWII fleets as in DD,CL,CA,BB and even SS. didnt mean including carriers in what i said. besides they wouldnt have to send fighters. just ship launched cruise missles. as opposed to WWII, where you cant detect fleets until theyre in your face practically, and having shells fly. there wouldve also been torpedoes flying.
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Fighters and bombers have greater range than cruise missiles. The only large ASM in the USN is the Harpoon with a range of only 70 nm. A F/A-18 Hornet has a combat radius of 400 nm, with refueling it could be extended to around 3100 nm using carrier based tanker aircraft only (S-3 Vikings).
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Originally Posted by Raptor1
No carriers? That's discounting one of the most important and decisive naval weapon in World War II; who has ever voluntarily sailed into combat without them?
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... off the top of my head I would have to say the HMS
Hood,
Prince of Wales,
Repulse...
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In World War II fleets wouldn't be detected when they're 'in your face', there were amazing inventions such as recon aircraft (Even on cruisers and battleships) and shipborne radar that fixed this problem, much as they do nowadays.
And torpedoes can't technically fly without a rocket...
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Exactly as I recall after the
Bismark sank the
Hood she was tracked by shore based recon aircraft in addition to the RN Cruisers that trailed her.