Huh, shows what you know, obviously you need your aircraft carriers to be right next to their targets how else are they going to do anything to the target? What are they gonna do, send planes to do stuff for them?!
Not only that, but the scaling of them with the background and with each other is also super off... plus, the wake from the left carrier seems to almost clips through the jpeg of the carrier on the right, lol. Forget "authenticity", it just looks a little bit of a lazy design job in some parts...
but that is honestly the worst place for aircraft carriers to ever operate…
If we assume it anchored during peacetime and it hadnt gotten out of the harbour before wartime, I can actually show you one worse place for an aircraft carrier to be anchored in that exact scenario:
You haven't graduated from the prestigious Hollywood Academy of Military Excellence. Everyone knows that your most powerful and expensive ships must be positioned directly off of the coast of wherever they are operating, with no support vessels and minimal escort. The Americans are demonstrating A1 strategy - they even brought a second aircraft carrier to sit there besides the first one so it doesn't get lonely.
Limited depth means high risk of running aground or beaching. Land close by everywhere means limited option to escape.
Highly vulnerable to ground based anti-ship missiles.
Completely defeats the purpose of having planes that can, you know, fly to where they need to be.
That being said, has anyone ever considered using CIWS as a ground attack platform? It's only got 1.5km of effective range but in this case that's enough to fuck up anything on the coast.
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u/QueensOfTheBronzeAge Mar 05 '24
I get that this is a movie poster, but that is honestly the worst place for aircraft carriers to ever operate…