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Date: 2011-05-31 07:22 pm (UTC)Isn't Wikipedia great?
This is a specialized data bus design that is allowed to have endpoints drop off unexpectedly, unlike the main avionics bus MIL-STD-1553 (which needs to be properly terminated at all times).
So that's (A).
(B) varies from situation to situation. A carrier maintaining an air patrol but not in wartime will bring up replacement aircraft and arm them on deck before the last set come in. In wartime, they would maintain several sets of aircraft ready to go. The current coastal patrol flights are probably loaded within an hour or two of scheduled launch time. Bombers don't sit around loaded anymore.
(C) Both visually and electronically, yes.