On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 21:52:59 -0500 "Phillip L. Harbison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > William H Evans wrote: > > Aircraft carriers and 100 megaton hydrogen bombs do little > > to dissuade a small band of terrorists from doing their > > dastardly deeds. > > I agree on the H-bombs but not the carriers. A carrier group > allows us to park what amounts to a floating airbase off the > coast of any hot spot. Most of the sorties in the current > war have been flown from carriers. I believe the exceptions > are some B-2 sorties which originated in the US. Carriers are > a critical part of the Reach component of my four R's. >
Agreed that carriers are much more useful than the planet-busters but having two carrier task forces already in the Indian Ocean did very little to prevent bin Laden from planning and executing his Sept. 11 attack. It goes without saying now that we are flying attack sorties over Afghanistan that they are worth every penny of the $2 billion they cost to build and whatever it costs to maintain them. BTW Phil - that $2 billion is a guess. No Albrin math comments please. bill evans Hartselle, AL [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. To unsubscribe from this list just send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a BLANK subject line and the single word "UNSUBSCRIBE" (without the quotes) in the body or visit http://www.RollTideFan.net
