WRONG!! QDR Likely Kills Two Carriers, EFV

[SSN]

Distances travelled just to get to the operations areas, speed required to maintain station within the carrier screens, northern runs, getting to the operations area, and staying there as long as needed without outside support is part of the multi-mission capability.
The mix of abilities is what continues to keep the nukes the best bang for the buck for the US.

[Gerarddm]

This sort of improvisation is one of the key qualities of the US armed forces, then and now.

...as proven during the Gulf War when we hurriedly made a hardened underground bunker buster bomb from an old 6" cruiser barrel, stuffed it full of explosive and stuck a smart head on hit, and whang they never knew what hit 'em. Pity Saddam wasn't inside when it was dropped, it would have obviated the Iraq War.