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And yet they also had A-5s and A-3Ds, both of which had significantly larger footprints than anything today, and that was on a smaller flight deck with more elevators.Not every scenario would be against China, in which case we might be able to get much closer. Also, even with China taken into account, the decision could be made to move closer anyway (specifically to take advantage of a shorter flight time or to control the airspace closer to shore), once an antiship threat had been dealt with. You could end up with a situation where tankers are constantly cycling between the carrier and their orbits to keep things like E-2s and UAVs in the air.Until it gets hit with a missile anyway. With 3 you're down to 2 (or half a Ford) where with a Ford you could lose one and still have the capacity of one of these replacement concepts. Furthermore they also take a 10 year hit in service life. Cha-ching.
And yet they also had A-5s and A-3Ds, both of which had significantly larger footprints than anything today, and that was on a smaller flight deck with more elevators.
Not every scenario would be against China, in which case we might be able to get much closer. Also, even with China taken into account, the decision could be made to move closer anyway (specifically to take advantage of a shorter flight time or to control the airspace closer to shore), once an antiship threat had been dealt with. You could end up with a situation where tankers are constantly cycling between the carrier and their orbits to keep things like E-2s and UAVs in the air.
Until it gets hit with a missile anyway. With 3 you're down to 2 (or half a Ford) where with a Ford you could lose one and still have the capacity of one of these replacement concepts. Furthermore they also take a 10 year hit in service life. Cha-ching.
