are entirely naval battles obsolete??

Question

i mean strictly naval battles, like carrier to carrier warfare, subs and destroyers battling, ship to ship warfare, it seems like naval forces are used to support land forces.

omit the word "entirely"

Answer 1

Not at all. So long as there are naval warships there will be naval battles. That's why our navies employ so many types of war ships, i.e., carriers, battleships, cruisers, destroyers, minesweepers, intelligence ships, missile detection ships, attack subs, patrol boats, etc, etc, etc.

There are occasional paradigm shifts in strategy and naval structure and concomitant changes in weaponry, which reflect changing situations, i.e., more missiles and less artillery, for example destroyers armed with missiles instead of heavy artillery, and fewer battleships in active service with more mothballed but capable of returning to service, etc.

Answer 2

They still exist absolutely, navies fight over control of a certain area, protecting sea lanes and maritime transportation while the other side try to attack the same sea lanes and ships, do not look at the US navy carrier groups they have a different method of handling surface warfare, but almost any other country will establish their sea control by ship to ship fighting (with some support of ship born hellos or UAVs).. some even say that (if we eliminate air resources) it will be down to guns in the end since either side in a modern naval battle will not operate their radars (being afraid of detection using modern EW equipment) until both sides will eventually see each other visually and the missiles can not be used then (they have minimum range) and then start gun battles like 18th and19th century ... funny but could happen!!!

Answer 3

there are single-ship vs single-ship engagements from time to time (against pirates, or between North and South Korea), but they are rare because so few nations have a navy that can challenge the United States, and we wouldn't allow a large naval conflict to happen (might disrupt trade). So in the US military, the Navy becomes a supporting force to the Army and the Marines.

Same applies to the Air Force. There's no one to really challenge the US air force for air superiority, so they mostly support the Army missions.

Answer 4

Once China acquires a blue water navy, they'll come back into vogue. Sea, air, and land forces are used in combinations which depend on the mission and the political objective(s). That sometimes might require the destruction of at least part of an opponent's naval force.

Answer 5

Yes - they are used to support land forces now, but they are used more as launching pads for aerial attacks, and the advancement from sea to air is mainly what has made entirely naval battles obsolete.

Answer 6

Yes they are because due to the fact that any act of battle on international water ways would possibly cause world war 3.

Answer 7

Mostly, since most countries don't have a powerful navy. The nations that do have a lot of ships mostly just use them to launch cruise missiles.

Answer 8

There are opposing Navies and the Sea Lanes must be protected

Answer 9

Nope. There just hasn't been much major ship to ship fighting since WWII

Answer 10

Only God knows for sure.