A Question - Vulnerability of Air-Craft Careers?

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Hello to all Naval Experts over here,

There are 21 Air-Craft Careers in the world at service (Resource Wikipedia) and nations rely so heavily on them for their naval defense and attack. Yaa?


Question: How Vulnerable they are to missiles, torpedoes and deep waters attacks through submarines?

Air craft careers are slow-moving giants and are apparently vulnerable to destruction more than any land-target. Is it so? Some time back, Pakistan had tested missile that could destroy naval ships and in addition to that we have Harpoon missiles and probably few others as well. So what defensive mechanism these aircraft careers have against these strikes and how many missiles would be needed to get the giant down?

 

[Kamakazi 69]

US Nimitz class carriers depend on a 4 ring defence structure.
This includes interception of missiles and enemy aircraft by it's own aircraft, going on to the defensive fire by its escort vessels and so on and so on finaly ending up on its own defensive systems.

 

[Arsalan]

the arcraft carriers need to be escorted by huge fleets of destroyers frigates and submarine, these platform form a line of defense aroung the carries, moreover carrier itself carries missiles and planes to defend it from threats,

regards!

 

[Super Falcon]

Russia plans to purchase a French naval helicopter transport ship this year and is interested in jointly producing more of the vessels, the head of Russia's armed forces said. Mistral Class ship has the payload capacity to carry up to 16 heavy helicopters and one-third of a mechanised regiment, plus two LCAC hovercraft or up to four landing craft.Mistral Class ships can carry sufficient stores for the crew and 450 troops for 45 days between replenishments.

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But he indicated that talks were in progress on possible future joint production of several more of the sophisticated warships. "We also want to establish production of a series of at least four or five ships of this class," he said. Makarov said the Russian navy did not currently possess this kind of ship, which is costly and complicated to build, and would therefore look for a supplier outside Russia. "No country in the world can do everything" on its own, he said. "Something will have to be purchased" abroad.

Russia has long talked up plans to modernize its armed forces. Outright purchase of a warship from a NATO member country, however, would mark a significant change from past practice that has focused on domestic production. The French navy currently has two Mistral amphibious assault vessels in service and this year began construction of a third. Makarov did not specify which of the ships Russia planned to buy.