Iran released a video showing the use of high-altitude reconnaissance drones to track the U.S. carrier strike group in the Red Sea region. The takeoffs and landings of aircraft on the American aircraft carriers are all under the surveillance of the Iranians. Western media reported that Iran's reconnaissance ships and drones have been providing intelligence to the Houthi forces. Without the intelligence support from the Iranians, the Houthi forces would not be able to use missiles and drones to attack the American carrier strike group.
The Americans did not implement electronic warfare suppression against Iran's reconnaissance drones, possibly because they failed to suppress them. This indicates that the Houthis do not have many missiles; if the United States were to engage in a real conflict with Iran, there is an 80% chance that the American carrier strike group would not withstand the concentrated attacks from Iranian missiles and drones.
Soviet Navy Commander Gorshkov proposed the "saturation attack" operational theory in response to the multi-layered defense of U.S. carrier strike groups. This involves launching a large number of missiles in a short time to overwhelm the defensive system of the aircraft carriers. However, judging by the recent performance of U.S. carrier strike groups, Gorshkov may have overestimated the capabilities of the American carrier strike groups.
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