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Old 07-31-07, 01:19 AM   #3
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Exactly. I know of zero instances where a fleet carrier responded to a perceived sub threat by launching aircraft. Just the opposite, in fact. To launch (or recover) planes, a carrier had to sail in a straight line for several minutes, exactly the thing any ship under attack by subs would not want to do. The correct response would be to terminate flight ops until the carrier had cleared torpedo range of the suspecte3d submarine.
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