Naval warfare has changed. What is happening to the Russians could surely happen to our naval forces bottled up in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf. That is why, rather than seeing gunboat diplomacy in Yemen with out trillion dollar navy, our ships seem to be avoiding confrontation just out of range.
Aren’t our ships being routinely attacked currently and shooting down missiles and drones?
I don’t see why the problem in Yemen is not susceptible to B-52 modulation.
“””What is happening to the Russians could surely happen to our naval forces bottled up in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf.”””
Russian ships are enduring attacks and allied and American ships are both enduring attacks.
Wait till an American ship is hit, and we have bodies coming home. The foes only need to get lucky once. Will Biden look at his watch when the flag draped coffins roll off the big plane? My heart goes out to the parents, mothers, wives of the dead sailors—as it does to the Ukrainians soldiers holding the line. Peace is the best answer.
Naval warfare has ended. Satellites, hypersonic weapons, and drones have rendered surface fleets obsolete as surely as Billy Mitchell's bombers did to the battleship a century ago. But the Navy brass and the defense contractors won't hear it, so more money will need to be wasted before a final set of tragedies prove the point conclusively.