This. It was all I could think about while reading the piece. The US Navy is capable of making the seas safe, but under current political conditions I don't eve

This. It was all I could think about while reading the piece. The US Navy is capable of making the seas safe, but under current political conditions I don't even see THAT happening forever. To make this work, the air force would almost certainly have to get in on the act, and that makes even less geopolitical sense.