On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 21:22:21 +1200, "rob" wrote:

I was wondering how alert a carrier is during a normal peacetime cruise

What kind of cruise? You mean deployment? Or training cruise? Or
Tiger Cruise? Or stateside going-from-here-to-there cruise? They
might not even have any aircraft aboard, depending on the
circumstance.

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