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Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

While I agree I wish the U.S would do " something " sending a carrier strike group is ridiculous. The force would be subject to swarms of drone and cruise missile attacks, non stop. The U.S would never risk a strategic asset like a carrier group or two in a confined space like the Black Sea. Taking a tip from Jeff, cruise missile and drone attacks would be just as deadly for the Russian forces as well. This is just my opinion, though.

I will say this, a 40 mile column of tanks and infantry carriers would have had a bad day if a few squadrons of A-10 thunderbolts set up for tank busting strikes had come through. armed with a 30 millimeter rotary cannon and set up to deliver hell fire anti tank missiles and maverick missiles, it's a formidable opponent. The A-10's would have gone through the columns like an international harvester goes through a stand of wheat.

From the article

Attacks from the air?
One possibility could then be to attack or bomb the stagnant Russian combat unit , but it is not as easy as it might sound.

- When you have such a column, you will do everything to protect it, it sounded on Tuesday from Karsten Marrup, major and head of air operations at the Defense Academy, to Ekstra Bladet.

He also assessed that the Russians make sure to protect the convoy very well so that it is not exposed to attack.

Markus