Originally posted by YellowFever
And even today we rely on allies for those missions. We have a smaller Navy that we have had in 100 years, gotta pick your priorities.
Now these little yahoo boats come along and routinely waxes them in practices. Time for the USN to play a little catch-up.
You must look at who comprised the Task forces.
Take the famous Waller photo. The RimPac exercise in which HMAS Waller sunk 2 carriers, sounds impressive until you discover that it wasn't a force on force US against other participants. Every country with more than 3 ships had participants on both sides.
And the US carrier that was sunk by the Waller had a JSDF Navy screen. So what does that say about the US ASW abilities? Nothing. Also that carrier was "sunk" many times over, being a member of the "Red" Force.
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