>>64407593
That's a training issue. Rough Rider was a stress test for the CSGs in high A2D2 environments. We learned that the ASBM spam defense the Chinese are counting on to take out US flattops is laughably ineffective since even in very restricted waters the CVN can easily maneuver outside the max slant range of the incoming ordnance. However, that's a ships company thing, not an airwing thing, so it wasn't clear to the air wing that Condition One Air Warning meant the ship might make radical maneuvers. Therefore they were still plane spotting during the Air Warning and not chocked and Chained. Since then the Warning has been changed to specify if it includes ASBMs or not, as that's the only Air Warning threat which requires the carrier to make deep heeling maneuvers at flank bell. The upshot being the PLA planned almost their entire season denial strategy on a platform we learned can be defeated by the devious Yankee Air Pirate tactic known as "turning"
