Originally Posted by
Harley Quinn
Entirely and absolutely true. Restricted to embarking a very limited range of FW ac operated, in the Western hemisphere by only two (I think) other nations and with an extremely limited radius of action. Its almost perfect, bring the ship inshore as close as possible to enable it to reach its target and expose it to land based ac.
Genius.
I'm struggling to understand here. Notwithstanding the merits of higher sortie generation from being closer to the target and the vulnerability of a fixed land base to all manner of attack compared to an agile, well-defended carrier task group, are you claiming that fixed land bases, from which land-based a/c can attack the enemy, are beyond the range of enemy land-based a/c whereas carrier task groups aren't?