Re: What makes a Carrier? (ftfb)

You wrote: 

>Absolutely- time to start panicking if there is an enemy combatant 
within >80nm.  Aircraft within 100nm are extremely bad news.  However, 
that is >based on the relative weapon enagement envelopes- its all 
relative.

I'd panic if all I had was a CIWS and a couple of Sea Sparrows between 
me and death.  The FT carriers are a little better armed--esp the NSL 
one, which I've taken to referring to as a Carriernought.

John M. Atkinson