Jul 9, 2023
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
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Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Umbrella for the carrier….
ATLANTIC OCEAN (September 28, 2019) -- United States Navy guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56) escorts nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)....
....providing an electronic shield around and above the carrier....an umbrella, as such....extending out for hundreds of miles.
Cruisers like USS San Jacinto are primarily designed to provide air protection against inbound aircraft and missiles around the carrier....while destroyers provide surface protection against other warships....and frigates provide subsurface coverage against submarines.
(This is increasingly a generalization now, as the latest warships are being designed to assume much more versatile multi-mission roles as a matter of economy, efficiency, evolving technology, and emergent threats. But the “old” warship roles serve well to illustrate the layers of 360-degree protection surrounding an American aircraft carrier.)
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>>Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gabriel B. Kotico, USN
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