jlf1961 -> RE: The great military genius (4/28/2017 1:04:52 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Dvr22999874 The Vinson is capable of covering at least 600+ miles a day, at cruising speed, so depending on which waters she was operating in, ( usually those exercises are held in the Coral Sea), I still hold she could easily have passed through the Sunda Strait by about the 11th or 12th at the latest. The Vinson can cover that distance, her support ships cannot. quote:
Earlier this month, as tensions with North Korea were flaring, the Carl Vinson was said to be sailing north, toward the peninsula, when it was actually heading south, toward the Indian Ocean. source Now in an earlier post, I pointed out that the Navy typically has ships resupply and address any maintenance concerns of the group or ship commander when they redeploy a ship or battle group. I also pointed out that with the exception of her home port of Pearl Harbor, depending on what ordinance carried would determine where such resupply and repair work could be done. Due to treaties in place, some of the ports that US Navy ships call on in the Pacific are not available to warships carrying nuclear weapons. Now logically, the Carl Vinson battle group would have made the cruise to the Korean peninsula via a stop at Yokosuka Fleet base at Yokosuka Japan, UNLESS the Carl Vinson was carrying 'non conventional' ordinance. In which case she and her battle group would go to Diego Garcia, take off the unconventional ordinance and go with a conventional load out since she would be operating near Japan and the logical port for any resupply or repair would be the Yokosuka fleet base. Japan does not allow us ships carrying nuclear weapons in her ports except under certain conditions, meaning the ship needs to make port to conduct necessary repairs to ensure the safety of the ship and crew and such stops are limited to the amount of time needed to make the minimum needed repairs for the ship to make a non regulated port safely. Of course Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Deployment Extended for Korea Presence Operations makes the whole thing as clear as mud, since the announced deployment by president Trump and the date that the battle group actually started heading for Korea does indicate that the ship and battle group were otherwise indisposed. Which seems to indicate that a change in carried ordinance was done.
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