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Active defenses:
1. Dodge...with an big and sluggish Mpro, this is not so effective, however it is better than nothing. You usually can't evade an entire flight, but a few bombs might miss.
2. Get the excellent German AA guns and learn your AA. For an bomber attack to have the best chance of success, it must come up from behind, where the mpro can pack 3x2 AA guns and swat planes out of the sky. If the enemy planes come from another angle, their hit rate would drop dramatically and with some dodging you should be reasonablely surviable.
Most lower level CV don't pack enough planes to attack everyone afloat, and if you've shown yourself to be an dangerous AA platform, most CV will avoid you unless you are defending an major target (CV/BB/gold CA) otherwise it is simply not worth the plane losses to attack you.
Passive defenses:
Check where the enemy CV is, both by tracing enemy flight patterns, using scouts and guessing. Position yourself so that the CV have an long way to go to reach you, and have to face either AA or fighter interception, or at least an big bait like an yummy BC. Also note that dive bombers have short sight range, so if you hide under large patch of clouds or move out of their path early enough so that you AAW don't give you away, they might not spot you, at least not rightaway. The longer they spend, the more likely they get intercepted by fighters or flak, or choosing an quick target to bomb before the said bomber gets intercepted or run low on fuel.
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