Originally Posted by
WE Branch Fanatic
In coastal or near coastal waters against an SSC - Don't know what SSC stands for.
The clue was in the coastal
An SSK is more a blue water patrol vessel that can of course enter shallow seas. An SSC is more likely confinded to the littoral like the German 212 or Heroj class (PATROL SUBMARINE) (SSC) although the Patrol design does muddy the waters.
True, although Maritime Interdiction Operations are unlikely to occur during a hot war.
I muddy the water there when I talked of logisitics for the carrier. What I really meant was that the minimum carrier escort was likely to be one or even two FF and that would reduce independent MIO. True fixed-wing could increase the surveillance area but so can an embarked flight.