Italian Trieste Carrier Group vs Flying Super Nimitz Helicarrier | Sea Power
Valued viewers, how do you stop an aircraft carrier that can fly at 300 knots?
In this fictional Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age scenario, we send the Italian Trieste carrier group up against a flying Super Nimitz Helicarrier. Trieste brings modern stealth fighters and anti-ship missiles. Super Nimitz brings a Cold War air wing and a flight deck that can take off.
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F-35Bs vs Tomcats, Harriers and Intruders
Four enormous ducted fans lift the Super Nimitz out of the water, then jet engines propel it to speeds of up to 300 knots.
Trieste fields F-35B Lightning IIs, while the Helicarrier carries F-14 Tomcats, AV-8C Harriers and A-6 Intruders. The Italian group has the advantage of modern stealth technology, but its aircraft also have a carrier to protect.
Can LRASM bring down a flying carrier?
The Italian group has AGM-158C LRASM stealth anti-ship missiles. Can they bring down the Helicarrier once it’s airborne?
Meanwhile, Trieste has to contend with waves of 1970s-era Harpoon missiles. Can its escorts keep the ship safe long enough for the Italian strike to get through?
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