(08-02-2020, 10:44 AM)mikesez Wrote:

(08-02-2020, 10:42 AM)jagibelieve Wrote: That's what makes it so funny.  Let me show exhibit A.


You didn't answer homebiscuit's simple question.

I'll give you a hint... comparing the two types of ships is like comparing an armored personnel carrier to a tank.  The soldier on the tank has some of the same capabilities as the soldier in the armored personnel carrier.

Fine.
How many of each type to we need to have? How many do our enemies have?

Figure it out.  At any point in time a Navy ship (as well as aircraft) is in one of three basic phases.  Pre-deployment where testing, evaluation and training takes place.  Deployment (including moving to/from the patrol area).  Post-deployment when maintenance and time consuming repairs commonly take place.

Now keep in mind a couple of things.

1.  A ship stays "on station" until it is relieved.  In other words, a ship patrolling say the Mediterranean will stay there until the ship(s) relieving it arrives and they do turnover, so at any time there might be two ships on the deployment cycle assigned to the same area.

2.  There is also a break in the "normal cycle" of operations for major work such as an overhaul or refueling.

(08-02-2020, 10:59 AM)mikesez Wrote:

(08-02-2020, 10:49 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Continuous and indefinite coverage of 3 naval hubs (Med, Arabian, W Pac) requires 16 fleet carriers. We currently have 11 fleet carriers. If we have to dispatch two carriers for a single event we do not have sufficient capacity to do so.

I guess we disagree about that.  Why those three hubs? Aren't France, Israel and the UK capable of watching over the Mediterranean? Isn't Japan capable of watching over their area? Isn't the Arabian sea / Persian gulf really narrow? Isn't it easy to cover the whole of it from airstrips in Qatar? 
And why didn't Malacca straits make the list?

Really you should just stop... unless you genuinely want to learn something.

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