Re: How Do You Sink A Carrier?
The USN would wipe the floor with the Iranian Navy. No carriers would even enter the Gulf. They would stand off, out in the deep water in the Arabian Sea. Iran's Kilos would most likely try to go out and engage them but if they did the Straits of Hormuz would end up playing the reverse role and being a bottleneck for the Iranians; the USN would have it covered with SSNs. The rest of Iran's navy would be picked apart by the carriers airwings and TLACM strikes from the battlegroups etc.
If Iran's Kilos laid low waited for the majority of the USNs assets to enter the Gulf (a better strategy), they would still be in trouble because the USN would not do so until the Iranian Navy's surface assets had been entirely destroyed, and most of their air force and missle assets, because to do otherwise would be far too risky. Thus the USN would be able to hunt them freely without any pressure from Iran's other assets. Furthermore they might have to wait for quite a while, which would test their endurance.
I'm not saying the USN wouldn't suffer casualties. It's quite possible that surface combatants in the Gulf could be lost. Aircraft certainly would be downed. But if you think that Iran's navy is getting anywhere near the carriers or majorly slowing down the US's operational timetable, you are sadly mistaken.
It would be interesting to see how the USN would fare against the Iranian navy since the probability of conflict is the highest given the current tension; the Iranian Navy are reportedly armed with the Sunburn and Klub.
The USN would wipe the floor with the Iranian Navy. No carriers would even enter the Gulf. They would stand off, out in the deep water in the Arabian Sea. Iran's Kilos would most likely try to go out and engage them but if they did the Straits of Hormuz would end up playing the reverse role and being a bottleneck for the Iranians; the USN would have it covered with SSNs. The rest of Iran's navy would be picked apart by the carriers airwings and TLACM strikes from the battlegroups etc.
If Iran's Kilos laid low waited for the majority of the USNs assets to enter the Gulf (a better strategy), they would still be in trouble because the USN would not do so until the Iranian Navy's surface assets had been entirely destroyed, and most of their air force and missle assets, because to do otherwise would be far too risky. Thus the USN would be able to hunt them freely without any pressure from Iran's other assets. Furthermore they might have to wait for quite a while, which would test their endurance.
I'm not saying the USN wouldn't suffer casualties. It's quite possible that surface combatants in the Gulf could be lost. Aircraft certainly would be downed. But if you think that Iran's navy is getting anywhere near the carriers or majorly slowing down the US's operational timetable, you are sadly mistaken.