If the battle is fought in open seas, the problem is not too serious.
According to the Empire Navy's accumulated experience, the biggest challenge in anti-carrier operations is not striking the carrier, but finding it and launching an attack in a timely manner.
The carrier is a mobile maritime combat platform and does not remain in a fixed location.
When faced with severe threats, the Empire Navy's large carriers and super carriers can maintain a speed of over 30 knots for several days.
This means that anti-carrier operations have a very apparent timeliness factor.
Based on the Empire Navy's experience, from detection to completing an attack, there is at most only 3 hours.
If unable to attack within 3 hours, the carrier battle group can sail up to 100 nautical miles, which is approximately 190 kilometers away.
This distance exceeds the search range of almost all anti-ship systems.
In reality, there are not truly 3 hours.
