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Originally posted by intrepid
"Battleships with surface escorts and no airpower would never be allowed to get close to a Carrier battle group."
Exactly. Carriers have support because they do have weakness. Without support you are "putting your eggs in one basket." You carrier is your largest muscle. If your flight deck is down, what will you do then? It needs the support.
Originally posted by Jinja
Do you mean one battleship vs one carrier?
Anyways, new generation battleships generally come faster than carriers. So depending on the time period the outcome would change a lot. Also.....
Carrier 3/3 VS Battlecruiser 3/3-Battlecriser wins
Carrier 3/0 VS Battlecruiser 3/0-Carrier wins
Originally posted by cyberdude78
We would be basing this in modern times anywhere from now to a few years back.
Originally posted by cyberdude78
Now listen up I got a friend who has a thing about brute force and close combat offensive power over stealth and defense. Ok now I say that aircraft carriers are superior in nearly every way. I want to know what all you other people think. Ok he says carriers are to vulnrable to other ships up close and he says attacking from afar is cowardly. Plus he thinks that battleships have more firepower. My view is that aircraft with missles are versitle than cannons on a ship. I also think that air to surface missles pack more punch. Then carriers can attack from greater distances and are equipped to intercept aircraft and subs.
Ok what do you all say???
P.S. please don't take anything personal that you see in this topic.