A carrier is designed to operate as part of a battle group. The group brings together aviation, sensors, weapons, and escort capabilities whose effects and protection reinforce one another. Historical battle fleets followed the same organizational principle, including at Jutland, where battleships fought alongside cruisers, destroyers, and numerous supporting ships. The carrier task group continues this practice of organizing a fleet around a principal striking unit.
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Carrier battle groups combine aviation and escort capabilities
A carrier depends on a task group whose aircraft, sensors, weapons, cruisers, destroyers and other escorts reinforce one another.