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As an equally ignorant non-American, I'd like you to look at a map of all US fleets for 30 seconds By doing so you'll be able to see that the US Navy is strate
by geopolitical_ta 6y ago
As an equally ignorant non-American, I'd like you to look at a map of all US fleets for 30 seconds
By doing so you'll be able to see that the US Navy is strategically positioned to defend international trade against any kind of blockade that an enemy would try to pull up in a strategic chokepoint
If you squint, though, you'll be able to see that coincidentally the US can use those same fleets to enact said chokeholds. In other words: no one can have a significant world-wide logistics network without the implied consent of the US. Do you know what kind of requires this scale of transportation? a world war between great powers
Is it clear now what you're paying for?
- baybal2 6y ago> By doing so you'll be able to see that the US Navy is strategically positioned to defend international trade against any kind of blockade that an enemy would try to pull up in a strategic chokepoint What is "international" trade these days. It's trade in between two countries, yours, and China. To blockade anybody economically, China just needs to put an embargo.
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- sudosysgen 6y agoTechnological solutions to this problem are coming. Try as it may, in the next decade or so, a US blockade will have to run the risk of catching a few hundred hypersonic missiles. We will likely move to a world where no one is able to enforce more than localized blockades for a while.