Could Japan split its six carriers between San Francisco, Anchorage, and the Philippines?
Short answerIt could divide them two-two-two, but sustaining and coordinating three distant attacks would impose a major logistics burden.
NotesA viewer proposes sending two carriers to each of San Francisco, Anchorage, and the Philippines. Such a division is operationally imaginable and could provoke the United States on several fronts at once. The limiting factor is the much larger logistics burden created by three distant strike groups. The exchange shows why target selection cannot be separated from replenishment, coordination, and concentration of force.