Isn't it basically a product of a bygone age when the enemy was expected to be something akin to Somali pirates and terrorists? They failed to anticipate a wor

Isn't it basically a product of a bygone age when the enemy was expected to be something akin to Somali pirates and terrorists? They failed to anticipate a world where a peer, or at least near-peer, naval force is rapidly ramping up to scale (the PLAN).