Is Aircraft carrier's defense invincible?

Question

suppose USA and Russia fights each . what will be strategy of them to sink aircraft carrier of enemy''s carrier?.i am just curious.

Answer 1

an aircraft carrier is a very well protected asset but that is because it is so important in projecting power and everybody knows it.

but they are not invincible.  US and Nato submarines routinely are able to slip through screening ships and score kills in WAR GAMES.

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Sea-skimming missiles launched in waves also have high percentages rates of getting through the defenses in War Games.

Mines are also an issue that the USA has not effectively dealt with.

Of course a conventional missile mine or a single torpedo is not going to sink a carrier.

Or a suicide bomber on a raft.  but Russia has some good electric powered submarines and a few nuclear ones that could pose an issue should the managed to sneak through the screening ships.

But I don't think it will come to that.

Answer 2

Nothing is invincible.

Answer 3

Antimatter,

Not by itself, no.

But an aircraft carrier is in the center of a battle group. It is protected by cruisers, destroyers/frigates, attack submarines, and aircraft.

The greatest threat to a battle group is a submarine, either nuke or electric. But that's why we have attack submarines patrolling with the battle group.

"Ranger"

Answer 4

Remember one thing, Russia is the Soviet Union.  communism is not dead by any means.  All they did is give it a new coat of paint.

It was hardly a year ago that the USSR and Red China were starting to buddy-buddy with each other...

Answer 5

Tactical nuclear warheads.

Of course if they don't want to get too crazy like that, they just use a few dozen cruise missiles and try and get past the phalanx minigun and linebacker missile defense systems.

Lets hope that the Georgian problem gets solved peacefully.

Answer 6

war is fought by generals. They decide targets and so forth. then send out the needed counter forces.Aircraft carriers are not the most important part of an attack force today, so I don't know how the leaders would handle these except as targets of opportunity.America has the resources to destroy anything.

Answer 7

They would try, but it wouldn't work very well. The US and Russia will not fight over Ossetia(sp). We would protect Georgia, but Russia will just drop a few bombs, not enough for us to give a response. A carrier can be sunk, but it isn't likely. If it got to the point where Russia was going to bother trying to sink one, the nukes would be out.

Answer 8

No ship is invincible.

And the only real threat would be Russia's submarine force, which is shaky at best. Since the Cold War ended there has been a mass exodus of competently trained and combat-hardened veterans due to the financial decay of their government & military.

I would be interested in knowing what source from the U.S. Navy was quoted stating the Russian navy's targeting system was better than our own. I would especially be interested in any torpedo that can travel faster than the speed of sound, underwater no less. Certainly not the Shkval currently in use, which is guided by a primitive auto-pilot, and has limited range.

Answer 9

No

Answer 10

Remember one thing, the Russians are not the Soviet Union.  There is no massive military buildup, no putting the military needs above the civilian populace, etc.  Russia is hard pressed to put together a navy right now and should be so in the near future.  They have not built new ships in years since the breakup of the Soviet Union and they simply cannot afford an arms race with the US.  They lag behind in several critical points like weapons development. One additional fact.  Russia built 2 carrier type ships back in the 70's.  That has been it.  They still have one, the other they sold.  Tell you anything about carrier to carrier battle possibilities?

Answer 11

there is no perfect defensive system for any ship.

Answer 12

An American air craft carrier does not sail alone.  Besides her fire power from the on board aircraft, she is also accompanied by a strike force group and surrounded by destroyers and other ships.  It is possible something could get through to damage the ship, but it is unlikely it would be sunk.  

As far as the strategy for attack, anyone's guess is as good as the next since I doubt there are any military attack strategists that hang out here.  With our Aegis destroyers, an attack from the air or beneath the sea would be a suicide run.

(USN, retired 1965 -85, last ship USS Nimitz CNV-68)

Answer 13

No defense is invincible.  Aircraft carriers have very heavy protection, but it would be foolish to think that nothing would ever get through.

At the moment Russia has no carriers to speak of; but in a prolonged conflict they could certainly build some if they felt the need.

Answer 14

hope it doesn't come to that!

But no they are not.  The keys to war of this type will be nuclear submarines.

Russia's military technology is weak and primitive compared to the USA's.  

Their military tech has not significantly advanced since the late 1980's.

The USA has lots of top secret technology protecting their ships.  But they are still not invulnerable.

Answer 15

Russia only has one carrier and its a piece of junk that's steam powered.  

Answer 16

Its next to impossible to sink a US aircraft carrier because the entire defense is arranged in such a way to protect the aircraft carrier.  In order for any attack to carried out against the aircraft carrier they would have to penetrate the entire naval fleet to get to it.  

Answer 17

Nothing is "Invincible" ever.

Answer 18

An aircraft carrier is not invincible after all.