Also - no CIWS or anything. What on Earth does any of this have to do with CVF?
It arose, if you look a few posts back, from a discussion on the vulnerability of using using a CVF inshore supporting the amphibious role, especially against newer hypersonic SSMs.
It will be dangerous enough operating close enough to allow the F-35 to attack anything but littoral targets without AAR support.
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