re: Are our naval forces prepared for this?

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Carrier battle groups are no longer effective against near peer engagements as has been proven in war games with allies.

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Not arguing that. My argument is that this is not the system that has created that problem. I think the Carrier Group is almost if not already obsolete based on drone swarms alone. That plus loitering munitions and such and there's just no way to not get hit. But these hypersonic missiles are not the carrier killers they'd love for everyone to believe because of the problem with that plasma and targeting and adjusting fast enough at the end of the flight to the actual position of the target. They're going too fast. It's cool on paper and it would probably make for a good enough way to hit a carrier group with nukes, but not conventional weapons you'd have to put on the target.