Human.

It only takes a few to subterfuge.

And in a reactionary war.

Okay how would a human accidentally wipe out 12 carrier groups to put us on par with the Chinese

Those details are often overlooked.

We don't have all of our eggs in one basket

I'm not saying you do.

I'm saying to think nothing could go wrong is a horrible mentality.

You're just using a what if scenario without substance because you know nothing of the naval balance of power and are speaking in platitudes about caution

I'm using a what if scenario because I know that humans are not perfect and easily manipulated by grandeur.

China can win a defensive war with land based batteries and aircraft

Offensive? No.

It's not grandeur

It's the ability to count

Not a good one

Uh...

You can refit and build an entire army in a year

A navy will take 30-50

It's static

So if say somebody inside the line turned on the other ships..

There are no surprises in naval warfare

Nothing would happen firstly

You would need the entire crew to turn

Which is unlikely

And then it's just one ship

Out of what, 800

It's one attack that was unexpected and would send ripples of mistrust.

Secondly aegis overlaps

So whatever one of our ships fires

Others within the same fleet can shoot it down

Think of a Carrier group as a Venn diagram with 12 circles overlapping

Those circles are the missile defense grids

They can shoot down anything coming into it with 11 back ups

So you think the military would be capable of surpressing insurgency on the homefront while waging war abroad as well?

Navy is entirely separate from land forces

And operates independently

I don't think it's unfeasible either.

What affects one does not affect the other directly

I know.

Just like the Airforce.

I'm well aware