Timeline for Impact of a Nimitz-class carrier in hypothetical past wars
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| Dec 22, 2015 at 19:33 | comment | added | Oldcat | Search radars might have to be recalibrated to deal with wooden ships. | |
| Dec 21, 2015 at 12:20 | comment | added | Mike Scott | The question doesn't specify a major war. And historically most wars have been minor wars, that could very easily be won by a single aircraft carrier. | |
| Dec 21, 2015 at 10:22 | comment | added | user1092803 | A novel use of "seek and destroy"... | |
| Dec 21, 2015 at 10:20 | comment | added | Mark | The carrier certainly could have been decisive in the Anglo-Spanish war, even without the air wing. An aircraft carrier facing a wooden sailing ship is large enough, fast enough and maneuverable enough to simply run it down. Consider what would have happened if the Spanish Armada had been reinforced by the USS John C. Stennis sweeping those pesky English ships out of the way. The same consideration applies to a number of other primarily-naval wars of that era. | |
| Dec 20, 2015 at 22:53 | history | answered | Loren Pechtel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |