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Kind of off topic, but I've seen the the Ford carrier in Virginia before and it is HUGE. It's crazy how big this ship is. It's like the Empire State Building tilted sideways. When you see it irl, it really puts in perspective just how powerful one ship can get.
Target practice, without it's fleet defending it.
The sheer amount of defense system its equipped with insane. It's so big, so heavily armored, and so loaded with defense weapons I honestly cannot imagine anything sinking it. When you see it in real life it's like a mountain floating in the sea, it's really freaky.
Submarine drone like Ukraine has used. A small fleet of regular drones at night flying a bit above the water. Iran has been supplying Russia with drones. I'm sure they have a few left over for themselves.
Against conventional battles sure the super carrier is probably pretty effective. But my understanding a lot of bigger carriers and battleships are considered easy targets for more unconventional means of war.
Its a big floating target and you only need to make a good sized hole or two before its sinking or an even slower target
We can't really infer much from Ukraine's successes in the Black Sea because Russia's navy is notoriously weak. Even before the invasion, Russia's Black Sea fleet was not the strongest in the region. That title goes to Turkey. Russia's fleet is so outdated and underpowered that it's simply pathetic.
It's not hard to see why. The ships are old, run down, and use outdated systems. That makes them fragile and vulnerable to attacks. The Black Sea fleet is also confined to a small area and depends on just a couple of military ports. This makes the ships easy to track and target. All Ukraine had to do was find the right weapons to finish the job, and they managed to sink a significant portion of Russia's Black Sea fleet, including the flagship Moskva.
The same does not apply to the Ford. The carrier is equipped with two missile systems, multiple gun systems including Phalanx CIWS, two radar suites, a signal jamming and electronic countermeasure system, an automatic threat detection system, and a decoy missile system designed to lure away incoming anti ship missiles. These are some of most advanced defense systems in the world. On top of that, the carrier’s air power alone can rank as a top 10 air force in the world. It's also can move at 30+ knots and it's nuclear powered so it never docks, which makes thing so agile that its actually freaky.
The point is yes, it is a big target, but it's also a damn fortress. This ship cost $13 billion to build, and that money was not wasted. You can't poke holes into this thing and watch it sink like a cartoon. Just getting near it is comically hard, sinking it is borderline impossible. And it never moves alone. It always travels with at least two destroyers, a cruiser, an attack submarine, and a resupply ship. All of which, with the exception of the resupply ship, are top tier warships in their own right.
That means that in order to reach the carrier, you would have to get through its air wing, then the fleet, then its layered defense systems before even landing a hit. And if by some miracle you do hit it, the ship is built with reinforced steel, watertight compartments, and systems designed to withstand explosions. Simple drone attacks won't damage the ship. Even a successful missile hit would be mitigated by the fire suppression and damage control systems on board that allow the ship to continue to operate. This ship is designed to survive and continue fighting even when damaged. In actual war scenario, Iran won't be able to do anything against this ship.
I guess time will tell.
If Trump was serious about Iran tho he'd send the USS Dick Cheney mega carrier. If you compare the Cheney to the Ford you'll see how much better equipped the Cheney is than the Ford.
I shudder at the thought of anything being named after Dick Cheney
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