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Key word is "harassing". Like gnats or mosquitos. A nuisance, not a threat. Plus starting a shooting war with China isn't in our best interest, yet. If we e
by scottLobster 4y ago
Key word is "harassing". Like gnats or mosquitos. A nuisance, not a threat.
Plus starting a shooting war with China isn't in our best interest, yet. If we ever get there the fishing boats will make exactly zero difference in the outcome.
- dmix 4y agoI wasn’t making a serious comparison. But it is a critical problem for modern geopolitics for which Navy’s play a major role in. Paramilitia Fishing boats are like the local insurgents in Afghani/Iraqi cities. They are still there when big expensive American boats leave the other 99% of the year. They don’t provide real military prowess but they blend in with the locals (meaning hard to permanently bully out of neighbourhoods) and constantly apply pressure tactics and surveillance resources that benefit the parent resistance org. It also critical keeps their flags waving 24/7.