isreal and US have identical types of air craft and should be evenly matched.
as for the carrier v gun / missile boat i was meaning a lone carrier not one in the battle group.
russian oscar class SSGN trailed a nimitz class carrier USS John C Stennis back in 1999 and also her partner a landing ship without being detected it was only when the submarine was spotted by alert canadians that they were discoverd.
but by then it was to late the submarine was already heading home.
a nanchuka or tranutul or even Osa in littoral waters are very powerful you think because the carrier is 90,000 tonnes its indestructable?
think not so
during the egypt isreal war back in 1971 the elait a big powerful frigate was sunk by a missile boat now by rights and technology the frigate could have spotted engauged and destroyed that missile boat way before it even got into range.
so just because some thing small takes on something big doesnt always mean the big is going to win.
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