Originally posted by midnight Target
Lets think this through....
If a Nimitz class CV somehow arrived in the vicinity of Pearl around December 7th... (transported from a routine patrol) ... could it have stopped the attack?
Could it have survived... without escorts?
Sure the f-14's -18's would eat zekes and Vals alive, but.... 300+ zekes and vals?
Would there be enough jet fuel?
Enough ordinance?
I don't know.
It is science fiction...but
It wouldn't need escorts-the attacking force was going to Pearl-not the Nimitz.
The first wave was 181 aircraft.Concentrate on the bombers-they could pretty much decimate the first wave,or at least destroy enough of the attacking force that the destruction would be on a much smaller scale then what actually happened.
There would not be a second wave-the A-6's would have sunk the carriers.
This is all fantasy of course....